Milk production and composition in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): Effect of lactational stage

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 649-656

  Gjøstein, Hallvard ^a   Holand, Øystein ^a   Weladji, Robert B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lactation; Milk composition; Milk production; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

FAT; LACTOSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIE; ENERGY; FAT CONTENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; LACTATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; REINDEER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 16544385404     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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