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Supporting healthy immune function in transition dairy cows

Published: September 13, 2021
Summary
Introduction Dairy cows experience massive metabolic demands to support lactation. They adapt their metabolism to do so, including uncoupling of the somatotropic axis (Baumgard et al., 2017) with peripheral insulin resistance and increased lipolysis to fuel milk production. However, cows are challenged by a transient decrease in feed intake resulting in negative energy and pro...
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Authors:
Stephen LeBlanc
Poultry Health Research Network
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