Effects of Synovex-S® and Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (Somavubove®) on Growth Responses of Steers: III. Muscle Growth and Protein Responses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2346-2353

  Elsasser, T H ^a   Rumsey, T S ^a   Kahl, S ^a   Czerwinski, S M ^a   Moseleyt, W M ^b   Ono, Y ^d   Solomon, M B ^e   Harris, F ^a,c   Fagan, J M ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cattle; Estrogens; Growth; Muscles; Protein; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; RECTUS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; DUOGYNON FORTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032152192     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7692346x     Document Type: Article

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