Triennial lactation symposium: A local affair: How the mammary gland adapts to changes in milking frequency

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1695-1707

  Wall, E H ^a   McFadden, T B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Imprinting; Lactation; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UDDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882731083     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4790     Document Type: Article

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