Bovine Growth Hormone (Posilac)
Bovine Growth Hormone
1994
The main course of therapy is growth hormone replacement therapy when there is lack of growth hormone in the body.
BST
BGH-bovine growth hormone
recombinant bovine growth hormone, try wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_somatotropin
The ovarian follicle has two functions. It provides for the maturation and release of a fertilizable egg. The follicle stimulating hormone regulates the development, growth, and pubertal maturation.
rBGH, or recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone is a synthetic form of growth hormone injected into cows to increase growth rates and milk production. Manufactured by Monsanto, rBGH was introduced to the market in 1993 under the product name Posilac. rBGH is also referred to as rBST (recombinant Bovine Somatotropin).
The hormone that is injected into dairy cows for increased growth and milk production is called recombinant Bovine Somatotrophin Hormone or rBST, purchased as Posilac by American dairy farmers.
No. A mutagen, by definition, is a chemical or physical agent that changes the genetic material or DNA of an organism. Hormones are not mutagens, nor cannot mutate DNA. Estrogen is a natural hormone found in all animals, and recombinant bovine growth hormone is a hormone created or synthesized from recombinant bovine DNA to enable this substance to be commercially distributed. Once again, this hormone, without the "recombinant" name attached to it, is also naturally found in the bovine animal. Estrogen is what determines and regulates ovulation and estrus cycling in cattle. Growth hormone is found in growing animals which help them grow. So it is ridiculous to think that these two hormones are responsible for changes in an animal's DNA.
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There is no "medicine" that is used for dairy cows to increase milk production. Only a particular growth hormone called rBGH or recominant Bovine Growth Hormone.