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- noun Plural form of
lactation .
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Examples
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"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."
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"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."
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Decreased milk flow usually occurs in an animal's first three lactations.
Chapter 35 1994
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· Animal produces less milk than expected (for instance, compared to previous lactations).
Chapter 35 1994
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Buffaloes give their highest yield in their third and fourth lactations.
Chapter 35 1994
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Cows, goats and sheep normally give their maximum milk yield during their second and third lactations.
Chapter 35 1994
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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
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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
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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
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That would mean from eighteen to twenty-four children for each mother, provided she survived so many births and lactations.
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