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Separate and additive stimulation of bovine milk yield by the local and systemic galactopoietic stimuli of frequent milking and growth hormone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Christopher H. Knight ,
J. Eric Hillerton ,
Marian A. Kerr ,
Rachel M. Teverson ,
Alan Turvey  and
Colin J. Wilde
Christopher H. Knight
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL, UK
J. Eric Hillerton
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berks RG16 0NN, UK
Marian A. Kerr
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL, UK
Rachel M. Teverson
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Berks RG16 0NN, UK
Alan Turvey
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Grassland and Environmental Research, Hurley, Berks SL6 SLR, UK
Colin J. Wilde
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL, UK
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Summary

Lactating heifers were treated for 4 weeks with recombinant bovine growth hormone (bGH, n = 9) or were untreated (n = 9). In addition, two mammary glands of each heifer were milked four times daily rather than the normal twice daily for the same 4 weeks, and for the following 2 weeks. Over the 4 weeks, milk yield was increased 12·8% by bGH, 14·0% by frequent milking and 28·5% by the combined treatment. The effect of bGH as administered here was slower in onset than that of frequency, but eventually produced a higher peak yield. ANOVA revealed significant effects of each stimulus independently and an additive, but not synergic effect of the combined treatment. The effect of the combined treatment tended to persist beyond the end of treatment; most of this response was related to the milking frequency component rather than the bGH. Mammary differentiation was assessed in biopsies of mammary tissue obtained prior to and at the end of treatment. Mammary enzyme activities (expressed on a per cell basis) indicated minimal differentiative response to either treatment, but synthesis rates for lactose and casein determined in vitro were increased by bGH treatment. Histological examination revealed a stimulatory effect of milking frequency on epithelial cell size. The results indicate that these two galactopoietic stimuli operate through independent mechanisms, and neither stimulus alone is sufficient to maximize milk yield in dairy heifers.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , August 1992 , pp. 243 - 252
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1992

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