Growth hormone
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Growth hormone or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals.
Flowchart showing hormonal regulation of growth
Bovine somatotropin
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Bovine somatotropin or bovine somatotrophin, or bovine growth hormone, is a peptide hormone produced by cows' pituitary glands. Like other hormones, it is produced in small quantities and is used in r
Growth hormone
…These uses have been controversial. In the United States, the only FDA-approved use of GH for livestock is the use of a cow-specific form of GH called bovine somatotropin for increasing milk production in dairy cows. Retailers are permitted to label containers of milk as produced with or without bovine somatotropin. The…
rBST is a product allowed only in certain jurisdictions and primarily given to dairy cattle by injection to increase milk production.