Cetosis subclínica. Incidencia en explotaciones lecheras de Asturias

Abstract

To produce milk, cows need to go through a gestation, birth and lactation period each year and the success of this production is determined by reproductive recovery after the birth and the absence of pathological disturbances. The majority of metabolic problems arise in the first two months of lactation, coinciding with the period of maximum milk production when the animal has not yet reached its maximum capacity to ingest dry feed. This fact creates a negative energy balance in the cow that it compensates for by freeing body fat. Subclinical ketosis is a metabolic disease that does not have any clear signs and is brought about by high levels of ketone bodies circulating as a result of the freeing and breaking down of animal fats.