title: THE RATE OF DECLINE OF MILK SECRETION WITH THE ADVANCE OF THE PERIOD OF LACTATION.
abstract: It is shown that the course of decline of milk secretion with the advance of the period of lactation may be expressed by the equation of a monomolecular chemical reaction; that is, the percentage decline of milk secretion with the advance of the stage of lactation is constant. This substantiates the idea that milk secretion is limited by a chemical reaction, and, in general, brings lactation into the class of processes the speed of which is determined by the concentration of a limiting substance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dairy Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ragsdale
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Turner