Incidence of metabolic disorders and reproductive performance following a short (35-d) or conventional (60-d) dry period management in commercial Holstein herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3322-3330

  Santschi, D E ^a,b,e   Lefebvre, D M ^c   Cue, R I ^d   Girard, C L ^a   Pellerin, D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Valacta   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Health; Reproduction; Short dry period management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; METABOLIC DISEASES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955112836     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3595     Document Type: Article

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