Aspects of neutrophil function are diminished or dysregulated in dairy cows in the weeks just
before and after calving, which appears to be an important contributor to the occurrence of …

There is a high risk of clinical or subclinical reproductive tract disease in the postpartum
period in dairy cows. An integrated process of adaptive events should occur synchronously …

The physiological functions; pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of copper deficiency disorders; sources; copper content in feeds and forage; …

The objectives were to use meta-analytic methods to determine the effects of changes in
dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) prepartum on productive performance and health of …

Data were obtained from studies in Australia, Canada, and the United States using
individual cow data from 28,230 Holstein cows to evaluate associations between parity and …

Dairy cow nutritional programs are a major determinant of the profitability of dairy farms.
Despite this, the sustainability of the dairy enterprise is beyond just cow nutrition. For almost …

Prepartum diets influence cow performance for weeks to months postpartum. This
observation leads to questions about milk yield and physiological and health responses to …

The effects of subclinical hypocalcemia have been explored in numerous observational and
mechanistic studies in recent years. Besides obvious, well-known effects on muscle …

The main objective of this study was to determine the association of dry matter intake as
percentage of body weight (DMI% BW) and energy balance (EB) prepartum (− 21 d relative …

Pregnant Holstein cows, 28 nulliparous and 51 parous, were blocked by parity and milk
yield and randomly allocated to receive diets that differed in dietary cation-anion difference …