Brief communication: Plasma cortisol concentration is affected by lactation, but not intra-nasal oxytocin treatment, in beef cows

• Brooklyn K. Wagner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-5437

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• Alejandro E. Relling,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

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• Justin D. Kieffer,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Anthony J. Parker

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: parker.1203@osu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-6623

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