Release of oxytocin, prolactin and cortisol in response to extraordinary suckling

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 41-45

  Tančin, Vladimir ^a,b   Schams, D ^a   Kraetzl, W D ^a   Macuhova J ^a,b   Bruckmaier R M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dairy cows; Oxytocin; Prolactin; Suckling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347236450     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7850-vetmed     Document Type: Article

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