The body condition score (BCS) of a dairy cow is an assessment of the proportion of body fat
that it possesses, and it is recognized by animal scientists and producers as being an …

Nutrition is a major factor affecting cow reproductive efficiency. Long-term moderate or
chronic dietary restriction results in a gradual reduction in dominant follicle (DF) growth rate …

Confidence intervals for blood parameters used for nutritional and metabolic profile testing
in cattle were calculated for clinically normal lactating Holstein cows, taking into account the …

The objective of this report is to review the literature on elevated blood concentrations of
nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) before and after parturition in high‐yielding dairy cows. It …

During the early postpartum period dairy cows mobilize fat and muscle to support lactation.
This is associated with alterations in blood metabolite and hormone profiles which in turn …

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of prepartum plane of energy intake on
metabolic profiles related to lipid metabolism and health in blood and liver. Primiparous (n …

The effect of parity (multiparous vs primiparous) and body condition score (BCS;< 3.0 or≥
3.0, lean vs fat) at parturition on metabolic and endocrine profiles from 1 month before to 2 …

A longitudinal study was conducted to examine the relationship between lameness and
delayed ovarian cyclicity during the first 60 d postpartum and days to first luteal activity …

This review addresses the suggestion that the decline in dairy reproductive performance, as
increasingly observed these days, may be due to a hampered process of metabolic …

The metabolic response to different feeding levels during the dry period was studied in 24
multiparous dairy cows of the Swedish Red and White breed. The cows represented two …