method for increasing milk production in mammals and / or to increase the newborn weight and improvement of growth after birth.

摘要

Method for increasing milk production in mammals including man, and/or for increasing the birth weight of their newborn and improving postnatal growth, according to which the female mammal is supplied during pregnancy with an effective amount of hGRF or of one of its analogs, or alternatively of an active fragment of hGRF or of one of its analogs. The treatment is of short duration, for example from 10 to 20 days. Its effects are lasting and extend throughout the lactation period. Application to the treatment of animals of ovine, caprine, bovine or porcine species.