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The effect of intravenous injections of oxytocin during milking and the removal of residual milk on the composition of cow's milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

J. V. Wheelock
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
J. A. F. Rook
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
F. H. Dodd
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading

Summary

After an injection of oxytocin and the removal of residual milk, the milk obtained at the next milking had an increased content of sodium, chloride and whey proteins and a decreased content of lactose. The effect persisted for several milkings. It is suggested that this was due to a direct effect of oxytocin on the permeability of the mammary epithelium and that oxytocin should be used with caution in certain types of milk secretion experiment.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1965

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