@conference {40301,
	title = {Fertility of fallow deer (Dama dama) does following synchronisation of oestrus with CIDR devices or prostaglandin},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {51},
	year = {1991},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {147-152},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {244 cows managed as a single herd were divided into 4 balanced  groups. Group A was milked once daily for the last 89 days of  lactation, Group B 61 days and Group C 33 days. All cows including a  control group milked twice daily, were dried off on the same date.  After culling using commercial criteria the remaining 192 cows were  milked twice daily in the subsequent lactation.   Within one week of imposing once daily milking, daily yield of milk,  fat and protein fell by 14.6-11.4\%, 10.6-8.5\% and 8.8-4.0\% respectively  when compared to twice daily milked cows. Once daily milking increased  protein concentration and somatic cell counts. The relative falls in  production observed seven days after the imposition of treatment  remained until drying off with consequential reductions in total yield  over the period of treatment.   Once daily milking reduced the rate of liveweight loss in late  lactation. Differences of up to 12.4kg liveweight remained between  groups prior to calving in the subsequent lactation, but no differences  could be detected after calving. Improve reproductive or productive  performance was not observed in the subsequent lactation.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Jabbour HN and Veldhuizen FA and Green G and Langridge M and Asher GW}
}
