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Physiology of Lactation. Vearl R. Smith

Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa. 291 pp. 1959. $4.95

University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

This is the fifth edition of the well known book in the field of milk secretion. The previous editions were entitled Secretion of Milk, by Espe and later by Espe and Smith. The book is concisely written and covers the areas of the anatomy of the mammary gland, the physiology and biochemistry of milk secretion, as well as the environmental and physiological factors which affect the growth and development of the mammary gland and the formation and ejection of milk. It has been revised and brought up to date, with the sections on the biochemistry of milk formation and on the environmental factors affecting lactation being extensively revised.

The author has written basically on the cow, but mammary gland development and lactation in other animals are discussed where they illustrate a point or where research applicable to lactation in general was done on some other species.

The book is extensive in that it covers all phases of lactation and the factors which affect it, and it is written so that it is an excellent text for students at the undergraduate level and also a basis for graduate study.