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Responses to rumen-protected choline in transition cows do not depend on prepartum body condition.
Discipline: supplementation; Keywords: body condition, choline, dairy cow, transition.
Meta-analysis of the effects of supplemental rumen-protected choline during the transition period on performance and health of parous dairy cows.
Discipline: supplementation; Keywords: choline, health, milk yield, transition cow
Effect of zinc sources on milk yield, milk composition and plasma concentration of metabolites in dairy cows
Discipline: minerals; Keywords: milk composition, milk production, metabolism, somatic cell count.
Evaluation of candidate gene effects and environmental factors on reproductive performance of Holstein cows
Discipline: genomic selection; Keywords: environmental effects, genetic marker, Holstein-Friesian, reproduction parameters.
Economic consequences of dairy crossbreeding in conventional and organic herds in Sweden.
Discipline: breeding; Keywords: crossbreeding, herd management, herd profitability
Effects of critical fluctuations of storage temperature on the quality of a dry dairy product.
Discipline: milk powder; Keywords: milk powder, storage requirement, long term storage, evaluation criteria, abiogenic loss of quality.
Genomic prediction of serum biomarkers of health in early lactation.
Discipline: genomics; Keywords: biomarker, health, metabolic stability, immune response, energy balance.
Effects of supplementing a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product during the transition period on rumen fermentation of dairy cows fed fresh diets differing in starch content.
Discipline: supplementation; Key words: calving transition, dietary starch, Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product, rumen fermentation.
Genetic selection for bovine chromosome 18 haplotypes associated with divergent somatic cell score affects postpartum reproductive and metabolic performance.
Discipline: genetics; Key words: BTA18, somatic cell score, metritis, insulin-like growth factor-I
Spores in dairy – new insights in detection, enumeration and risk assessment.
Discipline: contamination; Key words: milk powders, spoilage bacteria, heat treatment, microbial survival, quality assurance, reconstituted milk.