Starch source and content in postpartum dairy cow diets: Effects on plasma metabolites and reproductive processes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4636-4646

  Dyck, B L ^a   Colazo, M G ^b   Ambrose, D J ^a,b   Dyck, M K ^a   Doepel, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Ovulation; Postpartum cow; Starch

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACID; INSULIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; STARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; MILK; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGESTERONE; STARCH;

HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 80051756746     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4056     Document Type: Article

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