The effects of milk removal or four-times-daily milking on mammary expression of genes involved in the insulin-like growth factor-I axis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4062-4070

  Wall, E H ^a   McFadden, T B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insulin like growth factor I; Local regulation; Mammary growth; Milking frequency

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 77955603313     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3162     Document Type: Article

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