Metabolic disturbances in the dairy cow influenced by managerial practices

Case reports and epidemiologic studies.

Abstract

A study was instituted at Dykstra Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery and Medicine, Kansas State University, to determine possible etiological denominators in high production dairy cows presented by owners with complaints of metabolic and/or infectious conditions commonly associated with high milk production. Subsequent field surveys of herds from which hospital patients originated were used to gain more information. The study spanned approximately five years with the departments of Surgery and Medicine, Pathology, Diagnostic Services, Clinical Pathology, Dairy Extension and practicing veterinarians cooperating.