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Pre partum milk fat secretion and concentrations of progestins, prostaglandin and oestrone sulphate in mammary fluid of the goat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Gordon E. Thompson  and
Jane A. Goode
Gordon E. Thompson
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
Jane A. Goode
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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Summary

As much secretion as possible was removed manually twice daily, from both mammary glands of 6 late-pregnant goats beginning on d 137 of gestation. Removing mammary fluid before parturition stimulated fluid secretion by different amounts in individual goats. The mean volume of fluid secreted pre partum by the goats correlated directly with their secretion of triglyceride and the percentage composition of C18 fatty acids in the triglyceride fatty acids; the volume also correlated with the concentration of progestins, but not prostaglandin F2α or oestrone sulphate, in the fluid.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 193 - 197
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1987

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