New Insights into Dairy Cow Lactation Physiology
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Cattle".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2021) | Viewed by 10511
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mammary and lactation physiology; environmental physiology; developmental programming; metabolism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A major goal of dairy producers is to optimize the lactation performance of cows while minimizing the risk of developing metabolic and health disorders. A thorough understanding of mammary gland and lactation physiology and the epigenetic, genetic, and environmental signals that regulate the local and systemic physiological processes that enable milk synthesis and secretion is central to this goal. Further advances in these areas will continue to improve cattle performance and health and inform best management practices, particularly in the face of global environmental changes and elevated demand for dairy products.
This Special Issue seeks to publish original research articles or reviews related to advances in mammary gland and lactation physiology to highlight new knowledge and to stimulate and direct future research efforts. Topic areas of interest may include, but are not limited to, mammary growth, development, and involution; physiological adaptations to lactation; milk synthesis and milk composition; environmental modulation of lactation; and endocrinology of lactation. Manuscripts may focus on any level of biological organization (e.g. molecular, cellular, whole-animal).
Dr. Amy Skibiel
Dr. Jimena Laporta
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- mammary gland
- mammary development
- milk production
- milk composition
- metabolism
- global climate change
- genetics
- epigenetics
- neuroendocrinology
- bovine