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Also known as: | Acetonemia Ketonemia |
See also: | Ketosis |
Description
Signalment
Occurs in high yielding dairy cows a few weeks postpartum.
Diagnosis
Can often
Clinical Signs
Reduced feed intake is often the first clinical sign. Cows often refuse grain before forage. In group-fed Decreased milk yield, lethargy and an “empty” appearing abdomen.Rumen motility is variable, but often hypoactive following reduced intake. Central Nervous System disturbances are present in a minority of cases and include incoordination, agression excesssive licking and chewing and occassionally bellowing.
- due to excessive loss of glucose in the milk
- milk yield drops
- smell of ketones on the breath
- ketones excreted in the milk
- self-limiting condition