@conference {78990,
	title = {DNA methylation events in the {\'a}S1-casein-encoding gene associated with involution and re-initiation of lactation in dairy cows},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2012},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {73-75},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Christchurch},
	abstract = {During lactation, prolactin activates STAT5 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription5), which binds to conserved DNA sequence motifs in promoters of milk protein genes to stimulate their expression (Liu et al. 1997). Mammary gland involution induced by termination of milking is characterised by a rapid decrease in milk protein gene expression (Singh et al. 2008). Whereas milk production can be fully restored after seven days of ... continued},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Pryor S and Swanson K and Couldrey C and Henderson H and Singh K}
}
@conference {78989,
	title = {The effect of re-milking following extended non-milking periods on lactation in dairy cows},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2012},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {70-72},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Christchurch},
	abstract = {In dairy cows, the cessation of milk removal for extended periods, such as drying-off, initiates the process of mammary gland involution. This results in a decline of mammary secretion and changes in secretion composition. Morphological changes in the mammary gland occur within the first week of non-milking, with extensive re-modelling by the third or fourth week. However, many alveolar structures are retained (Hurley 1989). Thus, involution may be reversible following extended non-milking periods (Noble \&amp; Hurley 1999). Milk yield is fully restored ... continued},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Singh K and Swanson K and Henderson HV and Stelwagen K}
}
@conference {78987,
	title = {The relationship between milk synthesis and intracellular profiles of amino acids in the bovine mammary gland},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2012},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {63-66},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Christchurch},
	abstract = {<p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: ARIAL;">There is a growing body of evidence that amino acid (AA) signalling in the mammary gland may play a key role in milk production of ruminants through modulation of translational regulation (Moshel et al. 2006; Toerien \&amp; Cant 2007). It has been postulated that the effect of nutrient signalling on elements of translational control of milk protein synthesis may contribute to the variable responses of milk protein yield observed following nutritional perturbations (Hanigan et al. 1998). Consistent with this hypothesis, we have reported that changes in the mean and variance of intracellular free AA (FAA) in the bovine mammary gland are associated with ... continued</span></p>
},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {McCoard SA and Pacheco D and Treloar BP and Wards N and Swanson K and Singh K}
}
@conference {60942,
	title = {DNA methylation events associated with the suppression of milk protein gene expression during involution of the bovine mammary gland : Brief Communication},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {69},
	year = {2009},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {57-59},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Christchurch},
	abstract = {During lactation, prolactin activates STAT5 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription), which binds to conserved DNA sequence motifs in promoters of milk protein genes to stimulate their expression (Liu et al., 1997). At drying-off, mammary involution is characterised by a rapid decrease in milk protein gene expression (Goodman \& Schanbacher, 1991), including ?S1-casein (Singh et al., 2008). The ?S1-casein promoter features... Continued },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Singh K and Swanson K and Couldrey C and Seyfert H-M and Stelwagen K}
}
@conference {41458,
	title = {The use of cDNA microarrays to investigate changes in gene expression in the involuting bovine mammary gland},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {64},
	year = {2004},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {8-10},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {The molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in involution of the udder and which coordinate and regulate the processes of cell death and proliferation after weaning/cessation of milking in ruminants, are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to use cDNA microarray analysis to identify genes and pathways involved in involution of the bovine mammary gland. Ultimately, because this process underpins lactation traits such as persistency and mammary responses to milking frequency (Stelwagen, 2001; Vetharaniam et al., 2003), this information may allow the development of novel strategies for improving milk production especially in the later stages of lactation.
Involution of the bovine mammary gland was induced by abrupt termination of milking in 48 non-pregnant Friesian dairy cows at mid-lactation (average days in milk, 92 {\textpm} 3) {\textellipsis} },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Singh K and Molenaar AJ and Stelwagen K and Farr VC and Good L and Swanson K and Oden K and Wheeler T and McMahon C and Henderson H and Wilson T and Hyndman D and Baird D and McCulloch A and Davis SR}
}
