Authors: BJ Van Soest, RD Matson, DE Santschi, TF Duffield, MA Steele, K Orsel, EA Pajor, GB Penner, T Mutsvangwa, TJ DeVries
To determine the farm-level hyperketolactia (HKL) prevalence, as diagnosed from milk β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) concentration, on dairy farms milking with an automatic milking system (AMS) and to describe the farm-level housing, management, and nutritional risk factors associated with increased farm-average milk BHB and the within-herd HKL prevalence in the first 45 DIM.
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