What Is Bovine Somatotropin?
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the use use of the hormone bovine somatropin (BST) in both dairy and beef cattle. The tide is flowing in favor of more natural foods and against the use of hormones to promote growth and milk production. Several studies, both federal and private, have been done on this hormone and none have linked it to any adverse affects on consumers. There are questions of cattle health, such as weight loss, but so far other factors have not been ruled out as the culprit.
