Nutrition of the periparturient dairy cow

Autor:	Nial O'Boyle
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Nutritional approaches medicine.medical_specialty medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Animal science General Veterinary Lactation Internal medicine medicine Biology
Zdroj:	In Practice. 30:495-500
ISSN:	2042-7689 0263-841X
DOI:	10.1136/inpract.30.9.495
Popis:	FROM a physiological standpoint, the transition period ‐ that is, the last three weeks before and the first three weeks after parturition ‐ is a pivotal time in a dairy cow9s lactation. Despite a strong industry and research focus in this area over the past 20 years, approximately half of all high‐yielding dairy cows fail to make the transition without some form of periparturient disease. This is a sobering statistic, which is unique among mammalian species. This article reviews the conjecture behind the failings of the transition period in cows and examines some new nutritional approaches being investigated to reduce the levels of disease in these animals.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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