The progression from gestation into lactation represents the transition period, and it is
accompanied by marked physiological, metabolic, and inflammatory adjustments. The entire …

The average productive lifespan is approximately 3 to 4 years in countries with high-
producing dairy cows. This is much shorter than the natural life expectancy of dairy cattle …

The biological cycles of milk production and reproduction determine dairying profitability
thus making management decisions dynamic and time-dependent. Diseases also negatively …

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Fertility in dairy cows has declined over the past five decades as milk production per cow
has increased. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain this including issues of …

This paper reviews the importance of energy metabolism in transition dairy cows, its
associations with disease and reproduction, and strategies for monitoring cows under field …

Until 2010, our knowledge of the uterine microbiome in cows that developed uterine disease
relied almost exclusively on culture-dependent studies and mostly included cows with …

Production diseases of the dairy cow are caused by a level of production inconsistent with
nutrient intake, provision of an inadequate diet, an unsuitable environment, an inappropriate …

The objectives of this study were to assess the risk factors for metritis, its effects on milk yield
and on reproductive performance, and the efficacy of ceftiofur therapy in Holstein dairy cows …

The bacterium Coxiella burnetii has been detected in the fetal membranes, birth fluids and
vaginal mucus, as well as in the milk and other excretions of several domestic mammals …