Ultrasonographic assessment of liver dimensions in dairy cows with different hepatic triacylglycerol content

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1392-1400

  Haudum, A ^a   Starke, A ^a   Beyerbach, M ^a   Wohlsein, P ^a   Rehage, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fatty liver; Hepatic parenchymal swelling; Liver angle; Liver size; Liver thickness over the portal vein

Indexed keywords

BOS;

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79956266175     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3287     Document Type: Article

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