Partitioning of milk accumulation between cisternal and alveolar compartments of the bovine udder: Relationship to production loss during once daily milking

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Davis, Stephen R ^a   Farr, Vicki C ^a   Copeman, Peter J A ^a   Carruthers, Vicki R ^a   Knight, Christopher H ^b   Stelwagen, Kerst ^a  

^a Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

^b HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; COW; FOOD PRODUCTION; MILK; OXYTOCIN; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; MILK EJECTION; TWINS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0032005949     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029997002562     Document Type: Article

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