Article
Modeling the effect of energy status on mammary gland growth and lactation.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Oct 2003
Vetharaniam I, Davis S R, Upsdell M, Kolver E S, Pleasants A B
Abstract excerpt
The impact of nutrition on lactation can be separated into acute effects, affecting day-to-day yield, and chronic effects, which govern the persistency of lactation and rate of decline of the lactation curve. A mathematical model of the mammary gland was constructed to investigate both acute and chronic effects. Mammary growth is expressed in terms of the dynamics of populations of active (secreting) and...
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