Association between the proportion of sampled transition cows with increased nonesterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate and disease incidence, pregnancy rate, and milk production at the herd level

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3595-3601

  Ospina, P A ^a   Nydam, D V ^b   Stokol, T ^b   Overton, T R ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Herd alarm level; Nonesterified fatty acid

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION; STOMACH DISEASE; UNITED STATES; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; KETOSIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); STOMACH DISEASES; VETERINARY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MILK; NEW ENGLAND; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH DISEASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955022196     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3074     Document Type: Article

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