The impact of dietary cation anion difference (DCAD) on the acid-base balance and calcium metabolism of non-lactating, non-pregnant dairy cows fed equal amounts of different anionic salts

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-322

  Gelfert, Carl Christian ^a   Leonie Loeffler, S ^b   Frömer, Sven ^b   Engel, Maike ^b   Hartmann, Helmut ^b   Männer, Klaus ^b   Baumgartner, Walter ^a   Staufenbiel, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anionic salts; Calcium; Dairy cow; Dietary cation anion balance; Prevention of parturient paresis

Indexed keywords

ANION; CALCIUM; CATION; CHLORIDE; INORGANIC SALT; SULFATE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIONS; CALCIUM; CATIONS; CATTLE; CHLORIDES; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; SALTS; SULFATES;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 35348912397     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029907002439     Document Type: Article

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