Changes in the Milk Metabolome of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) with Time after Birth – Three Phases in Early Lactation and Progressive Individual Differences

Tong Zhang; Rong Zhang; Liang Zhang; Zhihe Zhang; Rong Hou; Hairui Wang; I. Kati Loeffler; David G. Watson; Malcolm W. Kennedy

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143417

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Changes in the Milk Metabolome of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) with Time after Birth – Three Phases in Early Lactation and Progressive Individual Differences

Tong Zhang,

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Rong Zhang,

Affiliations Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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Liang Zhang,

Affiliation Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Northern Suburb, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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Zhihe Zhang,

Affiliation Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Northern Suburb, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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Rong Hou,

Affiliation Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Northern Suburb, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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Hairui Wang,

Affiliation Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Northern Suburb, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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I. Kati Loeffler,

Current address: International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, MA, United States of America

Affiliation Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Northern Suburb, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China
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David G. Watson,

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Malcolm W. Kennedy

* E-mail: malcolm.kennedy@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Changes in the Milk Metabolome of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) with Time after Birth – Three Phases in Early Lactation and Progressive Individual Differences

Tong Zhang,
Rong Zhang,
Liang Zhang,
Zhihe Zhang,
Rong Hou,
Hairui Wang,
I. Kati Loeffler,
David G. Watson,
Malcolm W. Kennedy

Published: December 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143417
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