Peripartum responses of dairy cows fed energy-dense diets for 3 or 6 weeks prepartum

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-125

  Mashek, D G ^a,b   Beede, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry cows; Late gestation; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

FATTY ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INSULIN; LACTATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035226821     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74459-1     Document Type: Article

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