Effects of continuous lactation and short dry periods on mammary function and animal health

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-414

  Collier, R J ^a   Annen Dawson, E L ^b   Pezeshki, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Oord Dairy LLC   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dry period; health; mammary cell; mammary gland; milk yield

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE, BOVINE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOSTRUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; TIME; UDDER;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84856663901     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111002461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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