Leptin hormone in Friesian cows

Leptin is a newly discovered hormone; well known as metabolism modifier; secreted by adipose tissue. The role/s of leptin in mammary gland function still inscrutable and unclear. Current book sheds the light on the Hormonal profile of leptin around parturition in blood plasma and milk serum, and its relationship to blood plasma components and mammary gland function; in addition to the relation between plasma leptin and milk serum leptin concentrations in Friesian dairy cows under the Egyptian c ...