Suckling Reinitiated Milk Secretion in Beef Cows after an Early Postpartum Hiatus of Milking or Suckling

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1489-1496

  Lamb, G C ^a   Miller, B L ^b,d   Lynch, J M ^b,d   Grieger, D M ^b   Stevenson, J S ^b   Lucy, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Box 143 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Lactation; Milking; Suckling

Indexed keywords

HIATUS;

LACTOSE; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MEAT; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; LIPIDS; MEAT; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROLACTIN;

EID: 0033162414     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75376-2     Document Type: Article

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