Cow- and herd-level prevalence of hypoglycemia in hyperketonemic postpartum dairy cows

Authors

  • J. Dubuc Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200, rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 2M2 Canada
  • S. Buczinski Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200, rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 2M2 Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20173368

Keywords:

postpartum, dairy cattle, hyperketonemia, hypoglycemia, dairy herds

Abstract

A recent study suggested that postpartum dairy cows simultaneously affected by hyperketonemia (HYPERK) and hypoglycemia (HYPOG) could benefit from being treated with butaphosphan-cyanocobalamin in addition to the usual propylene glycol treatment. However, it remains unclear at this stage if this situation (combination of HYPERK and HYPOG; defined as HYPERK+HYPOG) is frequent or not in dairy cows and dairy herds. The objective of this study was to quantify the prevalence of HYPOG in hyperketonemic cows in a context of systematic surveillance of HYPERK every 2 weeks in dairy herds.

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Published

2017-09-14

Issue

2017

Section

Research Summaries

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