Is mammary output capacity limiting to lactational performance in mice?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-349

  Hammond, Kimberly A ^a,c   Lloyd, K C Kent ^b   Diamond, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy output; Lactation; Mammary glands; Mouse; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LARGE INTESTINE; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; SUCKLING; UDDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; STOMACH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030087698     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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