Association between prepartum feeding behaviour and periparturient health disorders in dairy cows

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between prepartum feeding behaviour, measured as time spent feeding per day, and periparturient health disorders, milk yield, milk composition, and milk somatic cell count in Jersey cows. Pregnant Jersey cows were marked with unique al...

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Main Authors: Karen Luchterhand, Paula Basso Silva, Ricardo Chebel, Marcia Endres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2016.00065/full