Body Temperature and White Blood Cell Count in Dairy Cows During the First Ten Days After Calving
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20074583Keywords:
postpartum period, physiological stress, rectal temperature, white blood cell counts, immuneAbstract
The postpartum period is a time of physiological stress for high-producing dairy cows. Close monitoring of recently calved cows enables the earliest possible intervention when illness develops. An objective of this study was to evaluate the use of rectal temperature as a diagnostic tool in postpartum cows. As immune suppression is common in postpartum dairy cows, another objective was to compare white blood cell counts in the postpartum period between cows that developed clinical disease and those that did not.
