Prepartum milking of heifers influences future production and health

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Animal Mammary Glands 92%
• Lactation 69%
• Milk 59%
• Health 46%
• Body Weight 45%
• Mastitis 41%
• Haptoglobins 40%
• Practice Management 38%
• Acute-Phase Proteins 37%
• Disease Susceptibility 35%
• Blood Proteins 28%
• Health Status 27%
• Edema 25%
• Cell Count 23%
• Diet 21%
• Control Groups 17%
• Infections 15%

Agriculture & Biology

• milking 100%
• heifers 91%
• calving 76%
• dry matter intake 23%
• udders 17%
• energy balance 16%
• lactation 13%
• acute phase proteins 10%
• body weight 10%
• haptoglobins 9%
• health status 8%
• edema 8%
• mastitis 8%
• blood proteins 7%
• milk production 7%
• dates (fruit) 6%
• cows 5%
• milk 5%
• blood 4%
• infection 4%
• diet 4%