
%0 Journal Article
%A Green, B 
%A Newgrain, K 
%A Merchant, J 
%T Changes in Milk Composition During Lactation in the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus Eugenii)
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1980/02/01
%V 33
%N 1
%P 35-42
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9800035
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9800035 
%X Milk samples were obtained at regular intervals throughout lactation from tammar wallabies (M. eugenii). Total solids represented only 12 % (w/w) of the milk at the commencement of lactation and gradually increased to about 40% at 36 weeks. Milk proteins represented 4% (w/w) of whole milk during the first 18 weeks of lactation, followed by a rapid increase to around 13 % (w/w) at 36 weeks. Sodium and potassium concentrations were high in early samples of milk but declined to minimal values at 30 weeks. The milk was isosmotic to the plasma at all stages. 
