Lactation and the mammary gland / / R. Michael Akers

• Autore: Akers R. Michael
• Pubblicazione: Ames, Iowa : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2002; ©2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 573.6/79
• Soggetto topico: Lactation; Milk yield; Dairy cattle
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Overview of Mammary Development; Evolutionary Aspects; Species Variation; Fundamentals of Structure and Function; Mammary Secretions and Milk; Evaluation of Mammary Development; Tissue, Cells, and Organization; How to Quantify Mammary Development; Gross Measures; Biochemical Indices; Histological Indices; Technology Advances; Cytology Indices; Summary; Structural Aspects of Mammary Development; Fetal Development; Structural Precursors of Mammary Glands; Gland Number, Sexual Differentiation, and Species Variation; Summary ; Birth to ConceptionConception to Parturition; Parenchymal and Stromal Tissue Development; Appearance of Alveoli and Secretory Cells; Mammary Cell Differentiation; Lactating Mammary Gland; Onset of Lactation to Mammary Involution; The Lactation Curve; Mammary Involution; Unique Aspects of Involution in the Dairy Cow; Chapter 2 Mammary Development, Anatomy, and Physiology; Overview of Interactions-Focus on the Dairy Cow; Blood Supply; Angiogenesis; Circulatory Route; The Lymphatic System; Significance of Blood Flow in Milk Production; Nervous System; Organizational Overview ; Autonomic Nervous SystemMilk Ejection and the Nervous System; Endocrine System; Classification of Endocrine Glands and Secretions; Mechanisms of Hormone Action; Chapter 3 Functional Developmentof the Mammary Gland; Onset of Milk Secretion; Lactogenesis; Cellular Differentiation; Cell-Cell Interactions; Role of Milk Removal in Milk Secretion; Milk Component Biosynthesis; Structure and Function at the Secretory Cell Level; Pathways for Protein and Lactose Secretion; Pathways for Lipid Secretion; Secretion of Other Milk Constituents; Chapter 4 Milk Component Biosynthesis ; Metabolic Pathways and Precursors for Milk BiosynthesisGlycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Krebs Cycle, and Energy Requirements; Lactose Biosynthesis; Milk Fat Biosynthesis; Milk Protein Biosynthesis; Biotechnologies and the Mammary Gland; Chapter 5 Milking Management; Physiological Factors and Machine Milking; Teat Structure; Teat Opening, Teat Canal, and Teat End; Milking Machine Components; Machine Milking and Mastitis Control; Monitoring Udder Health; Chapter 6 Endocrine, Growth Factor, and Neural Regulation of Mammary Development; Steroid Hormones and Mammogenesis; Steroids and Pregnancy ; Anterior Pituitary Hormones and MammogenesisOther Hormones and Mammogenesis; Local Tissue Mediators of Endocrine Action in Mammogenesis; The Insulin-like Growth Factors Axis; Epidermal Growth Factor Family; Fibroblast Growth Factors; Transforming Growth Factor -β; Hepatocyte Growth Factor; Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide; Other Stroma-Derived Growth Regulators; Chapter 7 Endocrine, Growth Factor, and Neural Regulation of Mammary Function; Endocrine Regulation of Lactogenesis; Periparturient Endocrine Profiles; Essential Roles of Prl, Glucocorticoids, and Progesterone ; Endocrine Regulation of Galactopoiesis
• Titolo autorizzato: Lactation and the mammary gland
• ISBN: 1-119-26488-X; 1-119-27967-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136261103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II