Growth in animals /

Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences: Growth in Animals discusses the more advanced concepts of growth, its changes and effects on different animals and systems, and its implications for agriculture. Based on a symposium of the same name, the book defines growth and its effects on the whole...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Lawrence, T. L. J. (Tony Leonard John)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1980.
Series:Studies in the agricultural and food sciences.
Subjects:
Veterinary physiology.
Domestic animals > Growth.
Animals > Growth.
Growth.
Animal Population Groups > growth & development
Animals
Growth
Animaux > Croissance.
Croissance.
Physiologie v�et�erinaire.
Animaux domestiques > Croissance.
growth.
Animals > Growth
Domestic animals > Growth
Veterinary physiology
Tierzucht
Congresses.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congr�es.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Growth in Animals; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS OF GROWTH; Introduction; Growth of cells, organs and tissues; Growth of the whole body; Growth after birth; References; CHAPTER 2. THE BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETICAL DETERMINANTS OF SELECTION FOR GROWTH; Introduction; The questions we can ask; Biochemical studies on animals selected for growth rate; Replicated selection for body weight; Metabolite flux analysis and selection for growth; Immunogenetics and selection for growth; The relationship between genes, enzymes and growth; Conclusions
  • AcknowledgementsReferences; Chapter 3. THE HORMONAL CONTROL OF GROWTH AT PUBERTY; References; CHAPTER 4. GROWTH AND THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; Introduction; Thermal environment and metabolism; The new-born animal; Behavioural effects; Morphology and heat exchange; References; CHAPTER 5. INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IMMUNITY AND GROWTH; Introduction; Infection, growth and immunity; Impairment of active immunity by malnutrition; Passive immunity; Relationships between growth and immunity in the gut; Immunological disorders; The effects of adrenocortical hormones on immunity and growth; Conclusions
  • The significance of protein/nucleic acid ratios when altered in response to physiological variablesSome factors other than protein turnover that may restrict muscle growth; Summary; Acknowledgement; References; CHAPTER 8. FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE GROWTH; Introduction; Distribution of adipose tissue; Histogenesis of the fat cell; Gross development of adipose tissue; Cellular aspects of development in various species; Other factors affecting the cellularity and growth of adipose tissue; Depletion of adipose tissue; Chemical composition of adipose tissue; Acknowledgement; References
  • CHAPTER 9. THE GUT MICROFLORA AND GROWTHIntroduction; Effects of the gut micro-organisms on nutrient metabolism; Effects of micro-organisms on physiology and function of the gut; Microbiological aspects of growth depression; Summary; References; CHAPTER 10. MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF GROWTH-PROMOTING AGENTS IN RUMINANT ANIMALS; Introduction; Agents increasing quantity or quality of nutrients available to animal tissues; Increasing efficiency of nutrient utilization in animal tissues; Summary and conclusions; CHAPTER 11. MECHANISMS OF GROWTH PROMOTERS IN SINGLE-STOMACH ANIMALS; Introduction

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