Association between Prepartum Feeding Behavior and Periparturient Health Disorders in Dairy Cows

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between prepartum feeding behavior, 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 alph...

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Main Authors: Luchterhand, Karen M., Silva, Paula R. B., Chebel, Ricardo C., Endres, Marcia I.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992965/