Transition Feeding - Feed & Nutrition
The transition dairy cow continues to be somewhat of an unsolved mystery. We continue to learn that how cows are fed, handled and managed during the three weeks before through three weeks after calving can have a definite influence on production, health and reproductive performance.
Transition Feeding - Feed & Nutrition
Numerous publications highlight the importance of the transition period in milk production and disease risk. During the last 3 weeks of the dry period and the first 3 weeks of lactation, dairy cows experience challenges with feed intake, an increased risk of metabolic disease such as ketosis and milk fever, and an increased risk of infectious disease such as metritis and mastitis
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