MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Growth promoting hormones improve feed efficiency, protein deposition and growth rate of cattle. Small pellets are implanted under the skin in the animal’s ear between the skin and the cartilage on the backside of the ear. The implants release the hormone compound over time into the bloodstream.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bovine somatotropin (bST), also known as bovine growth hormone, is an animal drug approved by FDA to increase milk production in dairy cows. This drug is based on the somatotropin naturally produced in cattle.

Detailed explanation-3: -For cattle, their natural hormones stimulate the pituitary gland and help cattle enhance their muscle-building ability while also decreasing the amount of fat deposited in and around muscles. Supplemental hormones are sometimes used to raise beef more efficiently with fewer resources.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hormonal Growth Promotants (HGPs) are supplements of hormones that naturally occur in all cattle-oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone.