Evaluation of nonesterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in transition dairy cattle in the northeastern United States: Critical thresholds for prediction of clinical diseases

Ospina, P.A.; Nydam, D.V.; Stokol, Tracy; Overton, T.R.

doi:10.3168/jds.2009-2277

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Evaluation of nonesterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate in transition dairy cattle in the northeastern United States: Critical thresholds for prediction of clinical diseases

Published in Journal of Dairy Science • Feb 1, 2010

Authors:

P.A. Ospina

D.V. Nydam

Tracy Stokol

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to 1) establish cow-level critical thresholds for serum concentrations of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) and beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA) to predict periparturient diseases [displaced abomasa (DA), clinical ketosis (CK), metritis and retained placenta, or any of th...

Subject

NEFA

Metritis

Retained placenta

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