Metabolic Disease Management & Advice

It’s very important to be aware of metabolic disease on farm and how to best manage to prevent metabolic disease in the first place. Here we discuss best practice as well as the signs to look out for.

Ketosis on farm – Chloe’s placement project

Metabolic Disease

Ketosis on farm – Chloe’s placement project

As my placement year at LLM sadly draws to an end, I would like to share the project I was tasked with over the course of the year, with my chosen title being ‘The effect of Kexxtone boluses on the BHB value of cows and the subsequent incidence of clinical […]

LLM Farm Vets2021-08-20T11:33:06+00:00August 20th, 2021|Metabolic Disease|

LDA’s in Dairy Cows – Keeping them at bay

Metabolic Disease

LDA’s in Dairy Cows – Keeping them at bay

Left displaced abomasums (LDAs), as you know usually occur post calving in cows that have reduced dry matter intakes. Close up dry cows should be eating 1.5% of bodyweight (10.5kg/DM/day).

Achieving <1% LDA rate centres around achieving a hugely successful transition period, three weeks before and three weeks after calving.

Close up […]

LLM Farm Vets2021-04-26T16:06:57+00:00April 26th, 2021|Metabolic Disease|

Keeping up to speed with slow fever

Metabolic Disease

Keeping up to speed with slow fever

Rob Hall takes a look at the latest research behind monitoring and treating ketosis. Hyperketonaemia, more commonly known as ketosis or ‘slow fever’ is defined as elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood.

Ketone bodies are generated by cows as an energy source in response to a lack of available […]

LLM Farm Vets2021-01-26T10:15:38+00:00January 26th, 2021|Metabolic Disease|

Keep an eye out for Ketosis

Dairy, Metabolic Disease

Keep an eye out for Ketosis

Ketosis (also known as acetonaemia) is a common metabolic condition seen in high yielding dairy cows typically during early lactation. It is characterised by high circulating levels of non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) in the blood, together with their metabolic products, ketones (acetone, acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate which is […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-03-04T15:45:02+00:00January 16th, 2019|Dairy, Metabolic Disease|

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Ketosis on farm – Chloe’s placement project

Ketosis on farm – Chloe’s placement project

LDA’s in Dairy Cows – Keeping them at bay

LDA’s in Dairy Cows – Keeping them at bay

Keeping up to speed with slow fever

Keeping up to speed with slow fever

Rob Hall takes a look at the latest research behind monitoring and treating ketosis. Hyperketonaemia, more commonly known as ketosis or ‘slow fever’ is defined as elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood.

Keep an eye out for Ketosis

Keep an eye out for Ketosis

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