Omitting the dry-off period negatively affects colostrum and milk yield in dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4220-4228

  Caja, G ^a   Salama, A A K ^a,b   Such, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Continuous milking; Dairy goat; Lactogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33750596842     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72467-5     Document Type: Article

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