Low cortisol levels in blood from dairy cows with ketosis: a field study |
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| Authors: | Kristina B Forslund Örjan A Ljungvall Bernt V Jones |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Clinical Sciences,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, SLU,Uppsala,Sweden;2.Kulterra AB,J?rl?sa,Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Background An elevated plasma glucose concentration has been considered to be a potential risk factor in the pathogenesis of left-displaced abomasums (DA). Therefore the present study was performed to investigate if spontaneous disease (parturient paresis, metritis, ketosis etc) in dairy cows results in elevated concentrations of glucose and cortisol in blood as cortisol is the major regulator of glucose in ruminants. |
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