A field study to determine the prevalence, dairy herd management systems, and fresh cow clinical conditions associated with ketosis in western European dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2145-2154

  Berge, Anna C ^a   Vertenten, Geert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Elanco Animal Health   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ketosis; Milk ketone; Postpartum disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DYSTOCIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; KETOSIS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARITY; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RUMINANT STOMACH; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DYSTOCIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KETOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARITY; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84896396198     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7163     Document Type: Article

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