Milk fever and alert downer cows: Does hypophosphatemia affect the treatment response?

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-491

  Ménard, Laurent ^a,c   Thompson, Alexander ^b  

^a Clinique Vétérinaire Ormstown   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTROLYTE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PHOSPHORUS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34250178006     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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