Associations of prepartum plasma cortisol, haptoglobin, fecal cortisol metabolites, and nonesterified fatty acids with postpartum health status in Holstein dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5878-5889

  Huzzey, J M ^a   Nydam, D V ^a   Grant, R J ^b   Overton, T R ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Haptoglobin; Health; Transition period

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FECES; FEMALE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HYDROCORTISONE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 82155171355     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3391     Document Type: Article

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