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A<br />

Daily milk yield (kg)<br />

A<br />

B<br />

Milk flow rate (ml/min)<br />

B<br />

1.8<br />

1.6<br />

1.4<br />

1.2<br />

1.0<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

CLY: Saline + CIDR<br />

CLN: PGF2á 2α + CIDR<br />

CLY: PGF2á 2α - CIDR<br />

CLN: PGF2á 2α - CIDR<br />

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26<br />

CLY: Saline +CIDR 2<br />

CLN: PGF +CIDR 2<br />

CLY: Saline + CIDR<br />

CLY: PGF - CIDR<br />

2<br />

CLN: PGF - CIDR<br />

2<br />

CLY: PGF2á - CIDR<br />

CLN: PGF2á + CIDR<br />

CLN: PGF2á - CIDR<br />

2α<br />

CLY<br />

CLN<br />

CLY<br />

CLN<br />

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26<br />

Days post-ovulation<br />

Figure 2. Daily milk yield and average milk flow rate (panels A and B, respectively) for<br />

<strong>the</strong> two treatment groups (CLY = ewes with corpora lutea, n = 12; CLN = ewes with no<br />

corpora lutea, n = 12) during <strong>the</strong> three experimental periods: d 0 to 5 (pre-treatment), d 6<br />

to 18 (treatment), and d 19 to 25 (post-treatment). Both groups received intravaginal<br />

progesterone (CIDR) from d 5 to

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