A randomized controlled trial of dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy to propylene glycol for treatment of hyperketonemia in postpartum dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 8991-9000

  Tatone, Elise H ^a   Duffield, Todd F ^a   Capel, Michael B ^b   DeVries, Trevor J ^a   LeBlanc, Stephen J ^a   Gordon, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Perry Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; glucocorticoid; hyperketonemia; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; KETONE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; KETOSIS; LACTATION; MILK; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; KETONES; KETOSIS; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; NEW YORK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 84994786014     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11358     Document Type: Article

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