Effect of dry period management on mammary gland function and its endocrine regulation in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4922-4936

  Bernier Dodier, P ^a   Girard, C L ^b   Talbot, B G ^a   Lacasse, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Dry period management; Milk production; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; EATING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION; TIME; UDDER;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; EATING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053278410     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4116     Document Type: Article

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