Research Article
Assessment of Fatty Liver Syndrome and Its Predisposing Factors in a Dairy Herd from Venezuela
Table 2
Occurrence of fatty liver and subclinical ketosis during the first five weeks postpartum.
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Cows sampled by liver biopsy at 1st or 5th week postpartum. : number of cows. Frequency = (affected cows/total number of sampled cows) × 100. 2Subclinical ketosis: positives: color scale that corresponded to milk β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations ≥200 μmol/L. Negatives: color scale that corresponded to milk β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations ≤100 μmol/L. |