An Inhibitory Effect of Oxytocin on the Milk-Ejection Reflex1
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 82 (1) , 179-182
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-82-1-179
Abstract
Residual milk, that milk not ejected from mammary alveoli of lactating dairy cows at the completion of normal milking, was collected immediately after the intravenous injection of 10 USP U oxytocin. Cows given 100 USP U oxytocin subcutaneously 8-9 hr before milking had significantly more residual milk than saline-injected controls. This effect was not altered when 8 mg epinephrine was administered at the time of oxytocin treatment. Some possible mechanisms and implications of these observations have been discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN, EPINEPHRINE AND ATROPINE ON THE OESTROUS CYCLE OF THE COWReproduction, 1965
- Alteration of the Bovine Estrous Cycle with OxytocinJournal of Dairy Science, 1959