@conference {40782,
	title = {Measurement of cell death by in situ end labelling of ruminant mammary gland tissue},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {56},
	year = {1996},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {71-76},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Apoptosis was examined by in situ end labelling (ISEL) of DNA in  ewe and cow mammary sections representing the cycle of mammary  development, lactation and regression. Labelled nuclei, identifying apoptotic  dying cells, were found in tissues from all developmental stages. Generally,  apoptosis was low in tissue from virgin animals, moderate in 3 and low in 2  week udders from prepartum ewes and mid pregnant cows, moderate to high  in udders from 1 week post partum ewe udders, moderate to low in lactating  ewes and cows and slightly higher in involuting ewe and cow udders.  Apoptosis was also generally higher in alveoli in stasis than in lactating  alveoli. A dramatic finding was that there was intense labelling with both  35S and DIG in the lumenal contents of some alveoli in stasis/involution  particularly with animals in later lactation. This suggested that there was a  significant amount of ragged DNA ends in the lumen of these alveoli.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Molenaar AJ and Wilkins RJ and Davis SR}
}
