The monitoring, prevention, and treatment of milk fever and subclinical hypocalcemia in dairy cows

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Goff, Jesse P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anionic salts; DCAD; Hypocalcemia; Hypomagnesemia; Milk fever

Indexed keywords

ANION; CALCITRIOL; CALCITRIOL DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM BOROGLUCONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM LACTATE; CALCIUM LEVULINATE; CALCIUM PROPIONATE; CALCIUM SALT; CATION; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRY CATTLE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELEASE; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 40649086940     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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