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What does lactation mean?

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Noun
  1. The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
  2. The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
  3. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.
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It has the effects of resolving swelling and detoxication, and it can be applied in case of lack of lactation and mammary swelling.
Because it is reputed to affect the menstrual cycle and to be an abortifacient, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided.
Most development takes place in the pouch, and the lactation period is prolonged.
This research, coupled with lactation studies at the center, showed how much milk-production response could be achieved with silage inoculants.
Tumors occurring during lactation were either totally or partly mucinous and were MUC2 positive.
All milking females are fed the same ration and no allowances is made for stage of lactation.

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