Study on some risk factors and effects of bovine ketosis on dairy cows from the Galicia region (Spain)

• Published in: Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 835 - 845
• Main Authors: Viña, C., Fouz, R., Camino, F., Sanjuán, M. L., Yus, E., Diéguez, F. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid - chemistry; Animal lactation; Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - epidemiology; Cattle Diseases - etiology; Cow's milk; Culling; Dairy cattle; Dairy farms; Female; Fourier analysis; ketosis; Ketosis - epidemiology; Ketosis - etiology; Ketosis - veterinary; Lactation; Milk; Milk - chemistry; Milk - cytology; Milk production; milk yield; previous lactation; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; Slaughter; somatic cell count; Spain - epidemiology; Spectrometry; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Yield; Spain; ketosis; previous lactation; milk yield; somatic cell count

Summary The study was designed to determine the relation between β‐hydroxybutyrate (BHB) concentrations in milk from dairy cows after calving and the length of the previous lactation, the dry period and the 305‐day normalized production, and to assess the influence of BHB concentrations on culling a...