A novel model to explain dietary factors affecting hypocalcaemia in dairy cattle

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-243

  Martín Tereso, Javier ^a   Verstegen, Martin W A ^b  

^a Nutreco Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium homeostasis; Calving; Dietary cation anion difference; Hypocalcaemia; Milk fever

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 5; VITAMIN D;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; DAIRY CATTLE; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARTURIENT PARESIS; REVIEW;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

BOS;

EID: 84858832670     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422411000126     Document Type: Review

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