Prevention of Milk Fever by Dietary Means: The Effect of a Concentrate Fortified with Mineral Salts |
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| Authors: | Inger W Dishington Johan Bjrnstad |
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| Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Veterinary College of Norway, Norwegian Agricultural Supply Cooperative, P.O. Box 8146, Dep., Oslo 1, Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | A concentrate was fortified with mineral salts by adding CaCl2, Al2(SO4)3 and MgSO4 to standard concentrate A and pelleting the product When used as feed supplement from 3 weeks pre partum to 1 week post partum this concentrate mixture produced the intended negative alkali alkalinity in the total feed ration in 20 out of 25 cows. Of these 17 remained healthy in spite of a history of milk fever for the majority of them. Two cows got milk fever and 1 showed weak symptoms. |
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| Keywords: | milk fever dairy cow prophylactic diet |
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