Use of a glycogenic precursor during the prepartum period and its effects upon metabolic indicators and reproductive parameters in dairy cows

The aim was to evaluate if 1-2 propanodiol plus calcium propionate (glycogenic precursor) supplementation during the transition period in high yielding dairy cows reduces metabolic and reproductive dysfunctions during early lactation. Cows (n= 202) were divided into two homogeneous groups regarding...

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Main Authors: Carlos Leyva Orasma, Jesús Jaime Benitez-Rivas, Juan Luis Morales Cruz, Cesar Alberto Meza-Herrera, Oscar Ángel-García, Fernando Arellano-Rodríguez, Guadalupe Calderón-Leyva, Dalia Ivette Carrillo-Moreno, Francisco Veliz Deras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional del Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias 2020-04-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias
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Online Access:https://cienciaspecuarias.inifap.gob.mx/index.php/Pecuarias/article/view/5685/4952