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HORMONE(RBGH)
• MILK PRODUCTION
• GENETIC ENGINEERING
• BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN (BST)
• RECOMBINANT BOVINE GROWTH
HORMONE(RBGH)
Cows
Cows are
domesticated
mammals of the family
Bovidae; they are
raised for their meat
and milk, for their
skins and for some
countries for their
strength as draft
animals…
Cows
• 1993
• Monsanto
Company of St.
Louis, Missouri
• Trade name
Posilac
Why use rBGH?
• The technology requires no capital
investment
• There is no significant lag time between the
introduction of the technology and the
financial benefits reaped as a result of it.
• rBGH is virtually identical to the BST
naturally produced by cows, differing by just
one amino acid residue.
• Minute amounts present in milk are
digested and so do not pass into the human
bloodstream.
Disadvantages of rBGH
MILK OVERPRODUCTION
• the demand for milk has failed to keep up
with the dramatic increases that have
already taken place in milk yields
-Michael Reiss
“ In short, rBGH threatens to undermine the
common good not simply of the dairy farmers it
will displace, but of us all. It promises, in a small
way, to undermine our general well-being.”
Gary Comstock
American philosopher
Addressing the problems of using
RBGH