The effect of prepartum injection of vitamin E on health in transition dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1416-1426

  LeBlanc, Stephen J ^a   Duffield, Todd F ^a   Leslie, Ken E ^a   Bateman, Ken G ^a   TenHag, Jeromy ^a   Walton, John S ^a   Johnson, Walter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parenteral; Peripartum; Retained placenta; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARITY; PLACENTA, RETAINED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0036615624     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74209-4     Document Type: Article

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