Modeling extended lactation curves of dairy cattle: A biological basis for the multiphasic approach

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 988-998

  Grossman, M ^a,c   Koops, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Extended lactation; Multiphasic lactation curve model; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UDDER;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037639811     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73682-0     Document Type: Article

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