lactations

"But in the move away from grass-fed cows in past 30-40 years to cereal grain and soya to pack in more energy for milk production, cows are becoming sick and lame - it is not the right diet for a ruminant - and are culled after two or three lactations."

Food politics and real milk 2009

"But in the move away from grass-fed cows in past 30-40 years to cereal grain and soya to pack in more energy for milk production, cows are becoming sick and lame - it is not the right diet for a ruminant - and are culled after two or three lactations."

Food politics and real milk 2009

Decreased milk flow usually occurs in an animal's first three lactations.

Chapter 35 1994

· Animal produces less milk than expected (for instance, compared to previous lactations).

Chapter 35 1994

Buffaloes give their highest yield in their third and fourth lactations.

Chapter 35 1994

Cows, goats and sheep normally give their maximum milk yield during their second and third lactations.

Chapter 35 1994

On Indian government farms, average yields for milking buffaloes range from 4 to 7 kg per day in lactations averaging 285 days.

3 Milk 1981

At Caserta, Italy, a herd of 1,600 machine-milked, pedigreed dairy buffaloes has produced average yields of 1,500 kg during lactations of 270 days.

3 Milk 1981

That would mean from eighteen to twenty-four children for each mother, provided she survived so many births and lactations.

Woman and the New Race Margaret Sanger 1924

That would mean from eighteen to twenty-four children for each mother, provided she survived so many births and lactations.

Continence—Is It Practicable or Desirable 1920