Lactation is not just cornerstone of the dairy industry-it is also vital too the successful rearing of livestock and companion animals, to human infant growth and well being, and to researchers in a range of scientific disciplines.
Lactation and the Mammary Gland provides the basics for understanding mammary development and lactation and conveys the critical regulatory events in lactation.
- Covers growth and development of the mammary gland, including comparisons between species.
- Imparts the critical nature of mammary growth and the onset of lactation at the time of parturition.
- Emphasizes the endocrine and growth factor regulation of both mammogenesis and lactogenesis.
- Discusses the role of growth hormone in development and maintenance of lactation.
- Reviews the presence of hormones, growth factors, and other bioactive compounds in milk and mammary secretions as well as the potential for use of the mammary gland as a bioreactor in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Describes the nutritional and management factors in milk production.
