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A<br />

B<br />

milk yield, kg<br />

machine milk yield, kg<br />

2.8<br />

2.4<br />

2.0<br />

1.6<br />

1.2<br />

0.8<br />

*<br />

0.4<br />

60 80 100 120 140 160<br />

1.4<br />

1.2<br />

1.0<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

60 80 100 120 140 160<br />

days in lactation<br />

Figure 1. Test-day commercial milk yield (panel A) and morning machine milk yield (<strong>the</strong><br />

amount <strong>of</strong> milk obtained without or prior to stripping, panel B), for <strong>the</strong> two treatment<br />

groups: NS ewes ( , n = 24) were not machine stripped from d 80 to <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong><br />

lactation; S ewes ( , n = 24) were machine stripped. The dotted line indicates <strong>the</strong><br />

start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> experiment. * indicates a significant difference among treatments (P <<br />

0.05)<br />

*<br />

*<br />

*

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