Variability of mammary blood flow in lactating Holstein-Friesian cows during the first twelve weeks of lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-44

  Gotze A ^a,b   Honnens, A ^a   Flachowsky, G ^b   Bollwein, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Lactation number; Mammary blood flow; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TIME; UDDER; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS; FRIESIA; TULARE APPLE MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77749334643     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1781     Document Type: Article

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