Guest Author: Yara Braga Amancio, M.S. Student & Sha Tao, Ph.D.
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The three weeks preceding parturition and the three weeks following it are known as the transition period, and this phase represents one of the most challenging windows in the productive life of a dairy cow (Grummer, 1995; Drackley, 1999). During this window, cows experience significant metabolic and physiological adaptations to support fetal growth, parturition, and…
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