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Review
. 2023 Jun 14;13(3):96-100.
doi: 10.1093/af/vfad003. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Lactation in horses

Amanda S Reiter  1 , Sarah A Reed  1
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Review

Lactation in horses

Amanda S Reiter et al. Anim Front. .
No abstract available

Keywords: colostrum; horse; lactation; milk.

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Figure 1.
Equine udder anatomy. Milk generation occurs in the alveoli, and milk is “moved” through interlobular ducts into the gland and teat cisterns. Each side of the udder has two mammary glands, which drain into separate teat cisterns and out of the teat through the rosette of furstenberg. Photo credit: Daniela Johnson, University of Connecticut.
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