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Review
. 1992 Mar;8(1):147-63.
doi: 10.1016/s0749-0720(15)30763-5.

Bovine somatotropin

I J Lean  1 , H F Troutt, M L Bruss, R L Baldwin
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Review

Bovine somatotropin

I J Lean et al. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

Bovine somatotropin has the potential to alter profoundly the way that dairy herds are managed and to change the ways in which veterinarians provide services to those herds. This article describes the structure, function, and action of somatotropin. The metabolic effects of somatotropin on dairy cattle are discussed.

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