Effect of calf suckling on oxytocin, prolactin, growth hormone and milk yield in crossbred Gir x Holstein cows during milking

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-380

  Negrão, João Alberto ^a   Marnet, Pierre Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Cows; Crossbred; Hormone; Milking; Suckling

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; SUCKLING;

EID: 0036663971     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2002032     Document Type: Article

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