Word familynounlactalbuminlactamlactarianlactaselactatelactationlactescencelactoglobulinlactonelactoselactosurialactic acidadjectivelactationallacteouslactescentlacticlactiferouslactificlactifluouslacteal
lactation• Because of the long gestation and lactation periods, the interval between calving is usually at least two or three years.• Tetany may be triggered by hyperventilation or precipitated by vomiting or by pregnancy and lactation.• Thus the beta-lactoglobulin gene is expressed only in the mammarygland, and only during lactation.• There is one reported instance of hypomagnesemia sue to excessivelactation.• The sucklingpup may also be infected by ingestion of L3 in the milk during the first three weeks of lactation.• Females are often limited further by the necessity to rearoffspring by brooding or lactation.• Yields are best after the second lactation and the smallness of the fatglobules makes the milk very digestible.