Inhibition of oxytocin release and milk let-down in postpartum primiparous cows is not abolished by naloxone

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 559-568

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cow; Morphine; Naloxone; Oxytocin; Post partum; Primiparous

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MILK EJECTION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MILK EJECTION; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 0035523371     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029901005167     Document Type: Article

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