Genetic analysis of milk β-hydroxybutyrate and its association with fat-to-protein ratio, body condition score, clinical ketosis, and displaced abomasum in early first lactation of Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7286-7292

  Koeck, A ^a   Jamrozik, J ^a,b   Schenkel, F S ^a   Moore, R K ^c   Lefebvre, D M ^c   Kelton, D F ^d   Miglior, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Valacta   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Fat to protein ratio; Metabolic disease; hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CANADA; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; KETOACIDOSIS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE; VETERINARY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FATS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; QUEBEC; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 84908349454     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8405     Document Type: Article

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