Long- and short-term effects of omitting two weekend milkings on the lactational performance and mammary tight junction permeability of dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3684-3695

  Castillo, V ^a   Such, X ^a   Caja, G ^a   Casals, R ^a   Salama, A A K ^a,b   Albanell, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dairy sheep; Mammary tight junction; Milking frequency; Milking omission

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68949198761     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1937     Document Type: Article

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