Bovine somatotropin and emerging issues : an assessment

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Bovine somatotropin and emerging issues : an assessment

edited by Milton C. Hallberg

(Westview special studies in agriculture science and policy)

Westview Press, 1992

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

Bovine somatotropin, or bST, a growth hormone genetically engineered to increase milk production in dairy cows, highlights the controversial issues of biotechnology and its widespread use. Focusing on the problems inherent in new and radically different technologies, this book develops a methodology for examining bST and other biotechnological developments like it, from production to consumption and from research to public policy.

Table of Contents

  • Biotechnology and society
  • bovine somatotropin and the animal
  • bovine somatotropin and the agricultural sector
  • bovine somatotropin and the market-place. (part contents)

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