R Michael Akers

Lactation Mammary Gland

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lactation is not just cornerstone of the dairy industry-it is also vital too the successful rearing of livestock and companion animals, to human infant growth and well being, and to researchers in a range of scientific disciplines. Lactation and the Mammary Gland provides the basics for understanding mammary development and lactation and conveys the critical regulatory events in lactation. * Covers growth and development of the mammary gland, including comparisons between species. * Imparts the critical nature of mammary growth and the onset of lactation at the time of parturition. * Emphasizes the endocrine and growth factor regulation of both mammogenesis and lactogenesis. * Discusses the role of growth hormone in development and maintenance of lactation. * Reviews the presence of hormones, growth factors, and other bioactive compounds in milk and mammary secretions as well as the potential for use of the mammary gland as a bioreactor in the pharmaceutical industry. * Describes the nutritional and management factors in milk production.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 743g
• ISBN-13: 9780813829920
• ISBN-10: 0813829925
• Artikelnr.: 21492487

Autorenporträt

R. Michael Akers, PhD., is the Horace E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor, Department of Dairy Sceince, Virginia Polytechnic Institue and State Universiyt, Blacksburg. He has received numerous awards for research excellence and is active as a speaker and scholarly author in the are of lactation physiology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Chapter 1. Overview of Mammary Development.
Chapter 2. Mammary Development, Anatomy and Physiology.
Chapter 3. Functional Development of the Mammary Gland.
Chapter 4. Milk Component Biosynthesis.
Chapter 5. Milking Management.
Chapter 6. Endocrine, Growth Factor, and Neural Regulation of Mammary
Development.
Chapter 7. Endocrine, Growth Factor and Neural Regulation of Mammary
Function.
Chapter 8. Biochemical Properties of Mammary Secretions.
Chapter 9. Management and Nutritional Impacts on Mammary Development and
Lactational Performance.
Chapter 10. Manipulation of Mammary Development and Milk Production.
References.
Glossary.
Index.