Incontinentia lactis: Physiology and anatomy conducive to milk leakage in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 682-690

  Rovai, M ^a   Kollmann, M T ^a   Bruckmaier, R M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Incontinentia lactis; Milk leakage

Indexed keywords

BOS;

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDER; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDERS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MILK EJECTION; OXYTOCIN; PRESSURE;

EID: 34247887588     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71551-5     Document Type: Article

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