Identification of cow-level risk factors and associations of selected blood macro-minerals at parturition with dystocia and stillbirth in Holstein dairy cows

Abstract A deeper understanding of the risk factors for dystocia and stillbirth could help farmers make decisions about dairy cow management. The objectives of this study were to investigate cow-level risk factors associated with dystocia and stillbirth in a relatively large sample of dairy cows usi...

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Main Authors: M. Bahrami-Yekdangi, G. R. Ghorbani, A. Sadeghi-Sefidmazgi, A. Mahnani, J. K. Drackley, M. H. Ghaffari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09928-w