Field Study of Dairy Cows with Reduced Appetite in Early Lactation: Clinical Examinations, Blood and Rumen Fluid Analyses

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-228

  Steen, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bovine ketosis; Dairy cattle; Indigestion; Rumen acidosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLISM; PUERPERIUM; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; LIVER DISEASES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RUMEN; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 0035223889     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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