Fat cow syndrome.
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The fat cow syndrome refers to a combination of metabolic, digestive, infectious, and reproductive conditions which affects the obese periparturient cow which develops primarily due to faulty feed management which permits excessive consumption of unbalanced diets.About:
This article is published in Journal of Dairy Science.The article was published on 1976-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 262 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ketonuria & Anorexia.read more
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A dairy cow body condition scoring system and its relationship to selected production characteristics [Milk production]
TL;DR: Dairy cows that increased significantly in body condition during lactation were less efficient producers, had a greater number of days open, and had high body condition scores at the end of lactation.
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A Dairy Cow Body Condition Scoring System and Its Relationship to Selected Production Characteristics
TL;DR: In this article, a scoring system with 1 to 5 scale was devised to measure body condition of dairy cows at any point during the lactation cycle, based on appearance and palpation of back and hind quarters only.
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Principal descriptors of body condition score in Holstein cows.
TL;DR: The objective of this study was to assess objectively the ability of observers to assess body condition of dairy cows and the relationship between body region description and absolute body condition score.
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Interrelationships between energy balance and postpartum reproductive function in dairy cattle.
W.R. Butler,R.D. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: Negative energy balance probably acts similarly to undernutrition and may manifest in delayed ovarian activity by impinging on pulsatile secretion of LH, and lower availability of glucose and insulin may also decrease LH pulsatility or limit ovarian responsiveness to gonadotropins.
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Impact of changes in organic nutrient metabolism on feeding the transition dairy cow.
TL;DR: Feed intake is usually decreased 30 to 35% during the final 3 wk prepartum, but negative energy and protein balances are not as severe as during the week following parturition, and supplementing fat to transition diets does not seem to alleviate health problems associated with negative energy balance.
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Bovine serum estrogens, progestins and glucocorticoids during late pregnancy parturition and early lactation.
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Energetics of Body Tissue Mobilization
P.W. Moe,H.F. Tyrrell,W.P. Flatt +2 more
TL;DR: It appears unrealistic to relate tissue energy changes to live weight change without some consideration being given to the change in rumen fill, but data from this laboratory suggest that milk may be produced from body tissue reserves with an efficiency of 82 to 84% and that theBody tissue reserves may be replenished in late lactation by deposition of body tissue with a efficiency equal to or exceeding that of milk production.
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Effect of forage-concentrate ratio in complete feeds fed ad libitum on feed intake prepartum and the occurrence of abomasal displacement in dairy cows
TL;DR: The mean daily dry matter intake 28 days prepartum did not differ significantly and Digestible energy consumed during the 28 days before calving averaged 155, 138, 159, and 173% of National Research Council's maintenance requirements for the four treatment groups, respectively.
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Free fatty acids (FFA) and the origin of ketone bodies in cows.
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An ultrastructural and morphometric study of the liver of the lactating cow in starvation ketosis.
TL;DR: Evidence is presented to suggest that at least two factors, increased mobilisation of FFA from adipose tissue and inadequate transport of lipoprotein may be responsible for the development of the fatty liver in starved cows.
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