Lactation and the mammary gland / R. Michael Akers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akers, R. Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lactation.

Milk yield.

Dairy cattle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michael Akers provides the basics for understanding mammary development and lactation and conveys the critical regulatory events in lactation. This text willl prove to be an invaluable overview of mamorary development and lactation for undergraduates and graduates studying lactation, new researchers, and as a review for established scientists. Additionally, the book will be an important resource for professionals in the animal and dairy industry and for those in other scientific disciplines such as food chemistry, cell biology, and endocrinology whose work is closely tied to mammary gland development and function. Lactation and the Mammary Gland covers growth and development of the mammary gland including comparisons between species. It imparts and emphasizes the critical nature of mammary growth and the onset of lactation at the time of parturition. Special emphasis is given to the endocrine and growth factor regulation of both mammogenesis and lactogenesis. A thorough discussion of the role of growth hormone in development and maintenance of lactation or galactopoiesis adds to this book's value as a text and reference. The author reviews the presence of hormones, growth factors, and other bioactive compounds in milk and mammary secretions as well as the potential for use of the mammary gland as a bioreactor in the pharmaceutical industry. A description of the nutritional and management factors in milk production round out the book's comprehensive coverage.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119264880

111926488X

9781119279679

1119279674

OCLC:

939519278