Calving is associated with profound metabolic changes which often lead to a combination of fatty liver, poor energy status, low blood calcium, reduced feed intakes and oxidative stress. These conditions adversely affect milk yield, cow health and increase the chances of premature culling.
Blood testing cows after calving for calcium […]
We’re aware of the negative effects of poor calcium, excess negative energy balance and poor anti-oxidant status on reproductive performance but some new studies go into more detail on this, highlighting the strong relationship each of these elements have for getting a cow back in calf.
A recently published paper […]
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