Review About The Hormonal Additives In Cow Feeding And Their Harmful Effects.

Abstract

Hormones, are chemical messengers which are secreted by glands and transmits various stimuli between a tissues throughout your bloodstream. Robert Sapolsky explains that hormones control and regulate the activities of living organisms, or literally everything we do including digestion, metabolism, respiration, sensory perception, sleep stress. To meet the need of this increasing population, higher food production is required in today's digital age. To do this, they are injected with synthetic hormones that enable them to produce more milk and the meat on their bodies. Here, in this review article, we discuss the hormone-treated cows and their negative consequences of hormones to humans. Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) belongs to steroids it is a transgenic substance injected into dairy cows to increase milk yield, it is considered an urgent problem because it causes cancer, U.S. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved estradiol, progesterone and testosterone, for commercial use . It was found to fortify milk and meat in animals, but adverse effects seen in users, leading to cancer and premature puberty in children Hormone supplements in dairy cattle are many adverse effects in animal health, reproduction, environment and food safety are associated However , these benefits must be weighed against the potential risks associated with the use of these chemicals, so it was urged wisdom to develop several effective alternatives for targeting dairy cows with hormone supplementation for welfare, milk quality or human health