Response of Catecholamines to Manual Teat Stimulation or Machine-Milking of Lacaune and Friesen Dairy Ewes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3205-3211

  Lefcourt, Alan M ^a   Paul, Georg ^b   Mayer, Harald ^b,d   Schams, Dieter ^b   Bruckmaier, Rupert M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Ewes; Milking

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; STIMULATION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYTOCIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SHEEP;

EID: 0031300781     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76293-3     Document Type: Article

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