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THE discovery by Folley and his co–workers that treatment with diethylstilbœstrol alone will induce copious lactation in virgin goats1 and heifers2 has recently been confirmed for the goat by Lewis and Turner3. Since the administration of a crude extract of ox anterior pituitary gland strikingly stimulates the milk production of the cow during the normal decline of lactation4, it was of importance to determine if the production of milk resulting from treatment with diethylstilbœstrol could be further increased by injections of anterior pituitary extract.
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FOLLEY, S., YOUNG, F. Artificial Induction of Lactation in Virgin Animals. Nature 148, 563–564 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148563b0
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