The peripartum period is of critical importance to subsequent health and fertility. Most cows
enter a state of negative energy balance (NEB) associated with many metabolic changes
which have carry over effects on the resumption and normality of estrous cyclicity and the
success of subsequent inseminations. High producing dairy cows need to mobilize body
reserve to be able to sustain their milk production. In early lactation, until energy intake
assures the requirements, dairy cows, especially high producing breeds, enter a state of …

The peripartum period is of critical importance to subsequent health and fertility. Most cows
enter a state of negative energy balance (NEB) associated with many metabolic changes
which have carry over effects on the resumption and normality of estrous cyclicity and the
success of subsequent inseminations. High producing dairy cows need to mobilize body
reserve to be able to sustain their milk production. In early lactation, until energy intake
assures the requirements, dairy cows, especially high producing breeds, enter a state of …