Vitamin E supplementation during the dry period in dairy cattle. Part I: Adverse effect on incidence of mastitis postpartum in a double-blind randomized field trial

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5684-5695

  Bouwstra, R J ^a   Nielen, M ^a   Stegeman, J A ^a   Dobbelaar, P ^a   Newbold, J R ^b   Jansen, E H J M ^c   van Werven, T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Provimi Research and Innovation Centre   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Dairy dry cow; Mastitis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

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EID: 78649309909     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3159     Document Type: Article

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