Oxytocin release, milk ejection and milking characteristics in a single stall automatic milking system

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Dzidic, Alen ^a   Weiss, Daniel ^a   Bruckmaier, Rupert M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic milking system; Milk ejection; Milking interval; Oxytocin release

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242276534     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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