dc.contributor |
Crisp, EA |
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dc.contributor |
Cowan, PE |
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dc.contributor |
Messer, M |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-01-30T02:47:25Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-01-30T02:47:25Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1989 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Rep. Fert. Dev. (1989) 1(4): 309-314 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1031-3613 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://livestocklibrary.com.au/handle/1234/15408 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Milk samples (186) were obtained at various stages of lactation from 27 common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula). Qualitative and quantitative changes in the milk carbohydrates during early and mid-lactation were similar to those previously seen in other marsupials; the principal carbohydrate was lactose early in lactation and higher oligosaccharides in mid-lactation, and the hexose concentration reached a peak during mid-lactation. However, the late-lactation milk was unusual in that the carbohydrate was mainly lactose and its concentration remained relatively high (3.5 to 5.5%). In contrast to earlier findings on the milk of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), little or no nucleotide pyrophosphatase, beta-galactosidase and alkaline phosphatase activities were detected late in lactation. |
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dc.publisher |
CSIRO Publishing |
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dc.source.uri |
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=RD9890309.pdf |
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dc.title |
Changes in milk carbohydrates during lactation in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia:Phalangeridae) |
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dc.type |
Research |
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dc.description.version |
Journal article |
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dc.identifier.volume |
1 |
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dc.identifier.page |
309-314 |
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dc.identifier.issue |
4 |
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