galactopoiesis


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ga·lac·to·poi·e·sis

 (gə-lăk′tə-poi-ē′sĭs)
n.
Secretion and continued production of milk by the mammary glands.
ga·lac′to·poi·et′ic (-ĕt′ĭk) adj.
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ga·lac·to·poi·e·sis

n. galactopoyesis, producción de leche.
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Milk production involves rapid physical, chemical and biological changes right from galactopoiesis to let down.
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This unspoken commandment is most forcefully on display in Guttman's sequence Galactopoiesis (a medical term for the continued secretion of milk which translates "milk making" or more interestingly "milk poetry").
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Variations in the production, qualitative characteristics and coagulation parameters of the milk of the riverine buffalo determined by the energy/protein content of the diet

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