Determination the curve of milk secretion for goat milking using a new technique


Abstract in English

This study was carried out using white German goat race during 2000-2001 at the Research Center of Animal Production Division, Humboldt University, Berlin, in order to examine the validity of the Lactocorder instrument, which has been used for determination of milking curve of cows, to determine the milking curve of goat, and to study the timing changes of this curve.

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