Xref: utzoo bit.listserv.biosph-l:1833 sci.bio:4858 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!csn!boulder!boulder!eesnyder From: eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.biosph-l,sci.bio Subject: Re: Bovine Somatropin, or crack 4 cows Message-ID: Date: 26 Apr 91 01:23:40 GMT References: <24APR91.13061169.0015.MUSIC@SDSUMUS> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: beagle.colorado.edu T9AA@SDSUMUS.BITNET (I support Milton Born With A Tooth) writes: >I would like to have any reaction or any information about >bovine somatropin that can be provided to me by the nets. An interesting topic for discussion.... This seems like a case of a great product with no market. Perhaps someone can inject a few facts here but, it is my impression that a hormone capable of stimulating milk production is the last thing the American dairy industry needs. For all the government subsidies, the tons of milk purchased annually by the Agriculture Dept. to support prices, bovine somatotropin is a biotechnology product that was poorly conceived. I think the health issues raised are trivial; more attention should be given to economic necessity (or lack thereof) of the hormone. Comments? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTGATTGCTAAACACTGGGCGGCGAATCAGGGTTGGGATCTGAACAAAGACGGTCAGATTCAGTTCGTACTGCTG Eric E. Snyder Department of MCD Biology ...making feet for childrens' shoes. University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347 LeuIleAlaLysHisTrpAlaAlaAsnGlnGlyTrpAspLeuAsnLysAspGlyGlnIleGlnPheValLeuLeu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------