The effect of selenium supplementation before calving on early-lactation udder health in pastured dairy heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4602-4612

  Ceballos Marquez, A ^a,b   Barkema, H W ^c,d   Stryhn, H ^c   Wichtel, J J ^c   Neumann, J ^e   Mella, A ^f   Kruze, J ^f   Espindola, M S ^g   Wittwer, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Institute of Pharmacology   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g Cooperativa Agrícola y Lechera de La Unión Ltd ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Dairy heifer; Intramammary infection; Selenium; Udder health

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UDDER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 77956842616     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3086     Document Type: Article

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