Effects of morphine and naloxone on the release of oxytocin and on milk ejection in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-20

  Tančin, Vladimir ^a,b   Kraetzl, Wolf Dieter ^a   Schams, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COW; MILK EJECTION; MODEL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; MILK EJECTION; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 0034141374     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029999003945     Document Type: Article

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