Control of Mammary Function During Lactation in Crossbred Dairy Cattle in the Tropics
Published on:
04/02/2015
Author/s :
Narongsak Chaiyabutr (Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand)
1. Introduction The major problems for the dairy practices in the tropical country are low milk yield and short lactation period of either pure exotic or crossbred dairy cattle. Many factors affect milk production in dairy cattle in tropical areas including high environmental temperature and humidity, lower genetic potential for milk production in indigenous cattle and inadequate supply of food du...