A study of Lusitano mare lactation curve with Wood's model

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 760-766

  Santos, A S ^a,b   Silvestre, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b University School Vasco da Gama   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lactation; Mare; Milk composition; Wood's model

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HORSE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SECRETION; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEMALE; HORSES; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 39049142993     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0057     Document Type: Article

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