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Vet Q. 1992 Dec;14(4):159-60. doi: 10.1080/01652176.1992.9694357.

Hepatic lipidosis in pregnant cows on a dairy farm.

The veterinary quarterly

G H Wentink, S van Dijk, S A Goedegebuure, J Vos, T Wensing

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  1. Department of Large Animal Medicine and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 1485408 DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1992.9694357

Abstract

A syndrome very similar to hepatic lipidosis is described in dairy cows during the dry period. After being sent to pasture the animals did not eat well for undetermined reasons. The disease phenomena were mainly observed in animals carrying twins. At post mortem examination severe falty infiltration was found in the 3 animals made available for post mortem examination. Increase of the energy supply to the dry cows by addition of maize silage to the ration prevented new cases.

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