The oxytocin secretion and milk letdown during milking immediately after the change of milking and housing conditions

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Tancin V ^a   Kraetzl, W D ^b   Schams, D ^b   Mihina, S ^a   Hetenyi L ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Milk yield; Milking; Oxytocin; Relocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345982837     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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