Essays about: "milk ejection"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words milk ejection.
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1. Piglets milk intake during nursing in sows treated with oxytocin
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : Milk ejection occurs in response to release of the hormone oxytocin from the pitui-tary, and this hormone is also used as treatment of milk stasis in sows in the Swe-dish piglet production. Today, there are few reports on the effect of oxytocin injec-tion on sow milk let down, piglet and sow nursing behaviour or piglet milk intake. READ MORE
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2. The effect of different cluster take-off levels at udder quarter in combination with feeding during milking on milk production in dairy cows : milk yield, milk composition and milking time
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : It was early stated that high take-off level at whole udder level decreases the milking time. There are, however, few studies dealing with take-off level at udder quarter level. READ MORE
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3. Improvements in milking management through imitation of calf behaviour
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : Approximately 20% of the milk within the udder of a cow is stored in the cistern and immediately available for milk removal, while activation of the milk ejection reflex is required for removing the remaining milk stored in the alveolar compartment. The aim of this literature review is to describe, evaluate and consider implications of the three different suckling activities that the calf displays during a suckling bout. READ MORE
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4. Renen - en framtida mjölkproducent?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka förutsättningarna för mjölkproduktion från renar (Rangifer tarandus) som en del av den moderna renskötseln. Frågeställningar som inkluderades i litteraturstudien var renmjölkens sammansättning, hur mycket en vaja kunde producera, hur mjölkproduktionen påverkades av faktorer som mjölkningssystem, mjölkningsmiljö och oxytocininjektioner, mjölkproduktionens koppling till nutrition, kalvens betydelse, problem som kan tänkas uppstå och om renen som ett framtida mjölkproduktionsdjur skulle vara ekonomiskt hållbart. READ MORE
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5. Bristande mjölknedsläppning hos förstakalvare : en enkätstudie
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and BiochemistryAbstract : Milk ejection in dairy cows can be inhibited if oxytocin is not released from the pituitary gland. The problem with inhibition of the milk let down is not new, but has recently regained interest. READ MORE
