Effects of folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation on culling rate, diseases, and reproduction in commercial dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2346-2354

  Duplessis, M ^a,b   Girard, C L ^b   Santschi, D E ^c   Laforest, J P ^a   Durocher, J ^c   Pellerin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Valacta   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commercial herds; Dairy cow; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CULLING; BLOOD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION; VETERINARY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL CULLING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; INCIDENCE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84896399674     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7369     Document Type: Article

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