The effect of milking frequency reduction from twice to once daily on mammary physiology and animal welfare of two dairy Greek sheep breeds

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• 作者：P. Koutsouli<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>panagiota@aua.grsup> ; P. Simitzis<sup>asup> ; G. Theodorou<sup>asup> ; Th. Massouras<sup>bsup> ; I. Bizelis<sup>asup> ; I. Politis<sup>asup>
• 关键词：Dairy sheep ; Milking frequency ; Milk yield ; Milk composition ; Plasmin ; Welfare
• 刊名：Small Ruminant Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：147
• 期：Complete
• 页码：18-24
• 全文大小：657 K
• 卷排序：147

文摘

Once daily milking (ODM) in mid-lactating ewes decreases milk yield. ODM is associated with increased activities of PL, PG and PA in milk. The transition from twice to ODM does not affect the welfare of dairy ewes.