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Prepartum antibiotic treatment of heifers: Milk production, milk quality and economic benefit
; ...intramammary antibiotic infusion of heifer mammary glands at 7 or 14 d before expected parturition...infection, economics) INTRODUCTION Mammary glands of unbred and pregnant heifers were...high percentage of pregnant heifer mammary glands were infected during late gestation... Read more
Metal Mimics Estrogen, May Pose Cancer Risk
; ...relatively low doses of cadmium affected the mammary glands and sexual development of the animals...uterus and increased density of the mammary glands. In rats exposed to cadmium while still...the womb, there were changes in their mammary glands and puberty began earlier than ... Read more
The platypus: bird? Reptile? Mammal? No one knew what to call it. (Science In Action).
; ...that were much like the milk-producing mammary glands of mammals. Then, observations on living...production of milk. On the surface, the mammary glands were found to be small and not easily...covered with fur. But even very simple mammary glands became a key discovery because they... Read more
STUDY SUGGESTS CADMIUM RAISES BREAST CANCER RISK RESEARCH FINDS THAT THE METAL MIMICS THE HORMONE ESTROGEN.(FRONT)
; ...relatively low doses of cadmium affected the mammary glands and sexual development of the animals...effects included increased density of the mammary glands. In rats exposed to cadmium while in the womb, there were changes in their mammary glands and puberty began earlier than ... Read more
Transgenic Cow To Resist Mastitis.(Brief Article)
; ...often caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that destroy milk-secreting cells in cows' mammary glands. Researchers hope that Annie's mammary glands will secrete a protein called lysostaphin that may help her resist attacks from S. aureus... Read more
Fed: Australian scientists grow mammary glands from stem cells
; ...News (Australia) 01-05-2006 Fed: Australian scientists grow mammary glands from stem cells An Australian research team is closer to understanding breast cancer after they induced mice to grow new mammary glands from stem cells. Fairfax newspapers report the research... Read more
Milk synthetic response of the bovine mammary gland to an increase in the local concentration of arterial glucose
; ...hypotheses of mammary function: 1) that mammary glands control their blood supply to maintain...Acetate and fatty acid uptakes by the mammary glands were reduced as predicted because of...and kidneys (Johnson, 1978), but the mammary glands have received little attention in this... Read more
Keeping abreast of serotonin's roles.(Biology)(Brief Article)
; ...chemical serotonin also controls the secretion of milk within mammary glands. Serotonin is one molecule that nerve cells use to communicate...feedback signal that shuts down milk production once the mammary glands are full. The researchers speculate that drugs affecting... Read more
Mammary Gland Expression of Antibacterial Peptide Genes to Inhibit Bacterial Pathogens Causing Mastitis
; ...injected directly into the lactating mammary glands of goats. The milk samples after injection...the milk samples collected from the mammary glands that had been injected with different...expression of antibacterial peptides in goat mammary glands provided a possible method to ... Read more
Abundance and Phosphorylation State of Translation Initiation Factors in Mammary Glands of Lactating and Nonlactating Dairy Cows
; ...the increase in protein synthesis by mammary glands during lactation, cellular contents...All cows were then slaughtered and mammary glands and tissue samples obtained. Alveoli...mammary parenchyma. In both L and NL mammary glands, 11% of eIF2α was in the inhibitory... Read more

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mammary gland
...may have from 1 to 11 pairs of mammary glands, depending on the species. Generally...bear larger litters have more glands. The mammary gland of the cow and of some...humans, there is one pair of mammary glands, also known as mammae, or breasts... Read more
mammary gland
...derived from a modification of sweat glands . The mammary gland of a woman who has not borne...At the end of lactation, the glands return almost to their state before...by connective tissue and fat. mammary gland mammary gland mammary gland Read more
mammary glands
mammary glands The milk-producing organs (possibly modified sweat glands) of female mammals, which provide food for the young (see milk ; colostrum ). Their number (2 to 20) and position (on the chest or abdomen) vary according to the species. In... Read more
mammary gland
mammary gland In female mammals, a gland on the ventral surface which produces milk. It is probably derived from modified sweat glands. It gives the Mammalia its name. Read more
mammary gland
mammary gland ( mam -er-i) n. the milk-producing gland of female mammals. See breast . Read more

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