Associations of subclinical hypocalcemia at calving with milk yield, and feeding, drinking, and standing behaviors around parturition in Holstein cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1240-1248

  Jawor, P E ^a,c   Huzzey, J M ^a   LeBlanc, S J ^b   Von Keyserlingk, M A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Holstein dairy cow; Milk yield; Subclinical hypocalcemia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; HYPOCALCEMIA; LACTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; HYPOCALCEMIA; LACTATION; PARTURITION; POSTURE;

EID: 84857248321     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4586     Document Type: Article

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