Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 9 , Pages 3311-3322 , September 2008

Acute Metabolic Responses of Postpartal Dairy Cows to Subcutaneous Glucagon Injections, Oral Glycerol, or Both1

  • M.A. Osman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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  • P.S. Allen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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  • N.A. Mehyar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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  • G. Bobe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
    • G. Bobe (e-mail: bobeg@mail.nih.gov) is currently a fellow in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
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  • J.F. Coetzee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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  • K.J. Koehler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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  • D.C. Beitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
    • Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 January 2008 ,Accepted 19 May 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)71046-4

doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-0997

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 9 , Pages 3311-3322 , September 2008

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