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In order to investigate the nature of the inhibition of milk secretion during a long milking interval, goats were treated in three possible ways: (i) milked twice daily at 08.00 h and 16.00 h or (ii) milked thrice daily at 00.00 h, 08.00 h and 16.00 h, or (iii) milked thrice daily at 00.00 h, 08.00 h and 16.00 h, but at 00.00 h the milk removed was replaced with an equal volume of isosmotic sucrose solution. The latter treatment was carried out in order to subject the gland to a degree of physical distension equivalent to that on treatment (i). On either thrice-daily milking or thrice-daily milking with sucrose replacement, milk secretion rate over the 16.00-08.00 h period was significantly higher (by about 10% in both cases) than on twice-daily milking. Secretion rates of lactose, milk protein, citrate and calcium during the 00.00-08.00 h period were similar on either thrice-daily milking or thrice-daily milking with sucrose replacement; the secretion rate of fat was significantly higher on thrice-daily milking with sucrose replacement. Secretion rates of Na+, K+ and Cl- were significantly higher on thrice-daily milking with sucrose replacement. In the case of Na+, the increased Na+ secretion rate was sufficient to create a normal Na+ concentration in the milk/sucrose mixture removed at the next milking. In the cases of K+ and Cl-, their secretion rates were not sufficient to restore their concentrations to normal by the next milking.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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