Field Trials of an Oral Calcium Propionate Paste as an Aid to Prevent Milk Fever in Periparturient Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-383

  Goff, J P ^a   Horst, R L ^a   Jardon, P W ^b   Borelli, C ^b   Wedam, J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium propionate; Hypocalcemia; Lactation; Milk fever

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; FATTY ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; PROPIONIC ACIDS;

EID: 0030103325     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76375-0     Document Type: Article

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