Prevalence of periparturient diseases and effects on fertility of seasonally calving grazing dairy cows supplemented with concentrates

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5682-5697

  Ribeiro, E S ^a   Lima, F S ^a   Greco, L F ^a   Bisinotto, R S ^a   Monteiro, A P A ^a   Favoreto, M ^a   Ayres, H ^a   Marsola, R S ^a   Martinez, N ^a   Thatcher, W W ^a   Santos, J E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Disease; Grazing; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS;

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRY CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASES; DYSTOCIA; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GRAZING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; STILLBIRTH;

DAIRY COW; DISEASE; GRAZING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DYSTOCIA; ENDOMETRITIS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREVALENCE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84882915034     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6335     Document Type: Article

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