Comparison of 2 electronic cowside tests to detect subclinical ketosis in dairy cows and the influence of the temperature and type of blood sample on the test results

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7719-7730

  Iwersen, M ^a   Klein Jobstl D ^a   Pichler, M ^a   Roland, L ^a   Fidlschuster, B ^a   Schwendenwein, I ^a   Drillich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Cow; Diagnostic test; Ketosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID;

ANIMAL; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GERMANY; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; AUSTRIA; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; GERMANY; KETOSIS; LACTATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84888040195     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7121     Document Type: Article

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