Spring 1994 (v6n2)
	Free Hypercard Stack on BGH Available Through Internet Hyperspace, Hypercards, information stacks: Park yourself in front of your computer and ride the Internet to find out the latest about bGH or bST, the synthetic bovine growth hormone recently approved by the FDA for injection into dairy cows to increase milk production. An educational infostack for Macintosh computers, "The Dairy Debate," has been developed by Robert Zomer of the UC SAREP in conjunction with SAREP director Bill Liebhardt's book THE DAIRY DEBATE: Consequences of Bovine Growth Hormone and Rotational Grazing Technologies. "The Dairy Debate" is an interactive computer program for exploring the questions posed by genetically engineered bGH or bST: How will the product affect humans, cows, and dairy farmers? Are the genetically engineered formulations of the hormone identical to naturally occurring bGH? How much extra milk already exists in the U.S.? How much more milk is the use of bGH expected to add to the surplus taxpayers pay to stockpile? "'The Dairy Debate' gives a preview of the kinds of information computer users will be able to access about current events," Zomer says. He designed a grazing cow to traipse through the information stack, while a juggler weighs the probabilities within the carbon ring of the different formulations of the hormone. See them move! Be a player! The Hypercard application is available free through the Internet system of computer networks by sending an e-mail request to: rjzomer@ucdavis.edu. Or send a blank, high-density 3 1/2" diskette and a return label, or $5 (checks to UC Regents) to: Dairy Diskette, SAREP, University of California, Davis, Ca 95616. [ Back | Search | Feedback ]