Modern techniques for monitoring high‐producing dairy cows 2. Practical applications
- Nigel Cook,
Nigel Cook is a clinical associate professor in the Food Animal Production Medicine group at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin‐Madison (UW‐SVM).
- Garrett Oetzeland
Garrett Oetzel is an associate professor in the Food Animal Production Medicine group at the UW‐SVM.
- Kenneth Nordlund
Kenneth Nordlund is a clinical professor in the Food Animal Production Medicine group at the UW‐SVM.
Abstract
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.
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