Administration of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin to Dairy Cows for Four Consecutive Lactations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2355-2360

  Huber, J T ^a   Wu, Z ^a,c   Fontes Jr , C ^a,d   Sullivan, J L ^a,e   Hoffman, R G ^b   Hartnell, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Cargill Inc   (Brazil)

^e Dairy Nutrition Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine somatotropin; Dairy cows; Lactation; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

GROWTH HORMONE; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031255973     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76186-1     Document Type: Article

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