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A PERUSAL of the available literature shows that no systematic work has been so far carried out to study the effects of the oral administration of thyroxine on the daily milk yield of different indigenous breeds of buffaloes and cows, bred in subtropical countries such as western Pakistan1. Two preliminary experiments were carried out to study the effects of the daily feeding of thyroxine in suitable doses, for a period of four weeks, on the daily milk yield in a six-year old Murrah buffalo and a five-year old Shaiwal cow kept in Lahore during October-November 1953.
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MAQSOOD, M. Galactopoietic Action of Thyroxine in Cattle kept in Subtropical Countries. Nature 174, 185 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174185a0
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