Prepartum Milking. IV. The Effect of Prepartum Milking on Milk Production and Length of Time Required to Reach Peak of Lactation

Why Reevaluate Dry Period Length?

“…Immunoglobulin production during prepartum milking is fairly constant among cows (Zeliger et al, 1973); therefore, as milk yield prepartum increases, immunoglobulin concentration of milk at parturition is decreased (Rowland et al, 1953, Guy et al, 1994. Although there are reports of cows milked prepartum peaking earlier and producing more milk in early lactation (Gaunya and Eaton, 1953;Zeliger et al, 1973) milk yield for the entire lactation does not appear to be increased for primi-or multiparous cows (Greene et al, 1988;Bowers et al, 2002).…”