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Chemical Coordination and Integration
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Hormone responsible for the secretion of milk after parturition is

  • ACTH

  • LH

  • ICSH

  • Prolactin

Answer

D.

Prolactin

Prolactin or luteotrophic hormone or luteotropin is a hormone, synthesised and stored in the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates milk production after childbirth and also stimulates the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum in the ovary.

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