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PRL concentrations were low (1.3 \u00b1 0.1 ng mL\u20131; n = 5) during early lactation until pouch young (PY) began to emerge from the pouch (around Day 130) before significantly (P &amp;lt; 0.05) increasing between Day 161 and Day 175 (5.3 \u00b1 1.0 ng mL\u20131). A significant (P &amp;lt; 0.001) peak in PRL (7.7 \u00b1 0.6 ng mL\u20131) coincided with maturing young between Day 189 and Day 231. All females failed to exhibit any signs of oestrous behaviour until Day 268.8 \u00b1 8.5 (n = 4), some 102 \u00b1 19 days before PY were weaned following achieving target weights of 2.5\u20132.7 kg. 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