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Modern techniques for monitoring high‐producing dairy cows 2. Practical applications
Author(s) -
Cook Nigel,
Oetzel Garrett,
Nordlund Kenneth
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.28.10.598
Subject(s) - ketosis , herd , milk fever , medicine , intensive care medicine , veterinary medicine , biology , lactation , ice calving , endocrinology , pregnancy , genetics , diabetes mellitus
THIS article, the second of two discussing common practices used to monitor high‐producing dairy herds in North America, describes how the general principles of herd‐level diagnoses reviewed in Part 1 ( In Practice , October 2006, volume 28, pp 510–515) may be applied to three major metabolic and nutritional disease syndromes frequently affecting these animals ‐ namely ketosis, subacute ruminal acidosis and milk fever. In each case, it describes how to make a herd diagnosis and outlines the prevention measures that can be implemented.