Milk collection from animal models facilitates various research avenues: understanding passive immunity, identifying pathogens responsible for vertical transmission and, through the use of transgenic mice, even commercial production of proteins found in human breast milk. Here we illustrate a simple method for milk collection in mice and Reeves’ muntjac deer.
Willingham, K., McNulty, E., Anderson, K., Hayes-Klug, J., Nalls, A., Mathiason, C. Milk Collection Methods for Mice and Reeves' Muntjac Deer. J. Vis. Exp. (89), e51007, doi:10.3791/51007 (2014).