Association of Prepartum Plasina Non-esterified Fatty Acid Concentration with Retained Placenta in Multiparous Holstein Cows

Authors

  • T. Conner Dept. Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Green Meadows Farm, Inc., Elsie, MI 48831
  • T. H. Herdt Dept. Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
  • L. Neuder Dept. Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20015208

Keywords:

Nutritional management, dry period, nonesterified fatty acid, retained placenta

Abstract

Nutritional management of dairy cows during the dry period influences risk of peripartum disease. Means of rapidly monitoring nutritional status and the effectiveness of prepartum diets, prior to the development of disease, are needed by the dairy industry. Plasma nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentration is a potential means of monitoring energy status in late gestation cows. High plasma NEFA concentration is associated positively with the incidence of peripartum disease dairy cows.1,3 The objective of this project was to determine, via multivariate analysis, the relationship between prepartum plasma NEFA concentration and risk of retained placenta (RP) in dairy cows.

Cover image of the 34th Conference Proceedings: Four men on horseback lead a single cow through a pen. Yellow background.

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Published

2001-09-13

Issue

2001

Section

Research Summaries - Dairy