Method for enhancing growth of mammary parenchyma using a prostaglandin
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorsRobert J. Collier, Michael F. McGrath
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Abstract
The growth of milk-producing mammary parenchyma in a mammal can be significantly enhanced by administering to the mammal by intramammary infusion a substance having a mitogenic effect on mammary epithelial cells in said mammal. Good growth enhancement can be achieved using very small quantities of such substances, and in relatively short periods of time.
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A method for enhancing the proliferation of mammary parenchymal cells in a mammary gland of a female mammal wherein a proliferation enhancing amount of a mitogenic agent comprising a prostaglandin having a direct mitogenic effect on mammary epithelial cells in said mammal is administered to the mammary gland by intramammary infusion during gestation or between the onset of puberty and the mammal's first gestation.
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