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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 68, Issue 11 3604-3613, Copyright © 1990 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Morphometric analysis of involuting bovine mammary tissue after 21 or 42 days on non-suckling

R. M. Akers, W. E. Beal, T. B. McFadden and A. V. Capuco
Dept. of Dairy Sci., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0315.

Mammary gland involution was morphologically evaluated 21 or 42 d after prevention of suckling of one udder half in 10 crossbred beef cows. Parenchymal tissue was taken from lower, middle and upper zones of each quarter from the teat to the ventral body wall. Udder halves, trimmed of extraparenchymal tissue, were weighed and used for DNA determination. DNA content was reduced 50 and 64% after 21 and 42 d of involution. However, the percentage of tissue occupied by epithelium was similar in suckled and nonsuckled glands. Well-differentiated cells, typical of suckled glands, were rarely observed in nonsuckled glands. Alveolar structure was evident in nonsuckled glands, but the number of cells per alveolar cross-section was reduced (30 vs 22). Unlike in suckled glands, there was a marked gradation in classification of epithelial cells across zones in involuting glands. For example, nearly 10% of the epithelium was well-differentiated in the tissue from the upper zone, whereas no well-differentiated cells were found in the lower zones. Regression of the mammary parenchyma does not occur uniformly through the udder, so use of single biopsy to study involution should be avoided. Presence of alveoli after 42 d indicates that redevelopment of the udder with subsequent lactations is less dramatic than suggested from study of other species.


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