Water hardness test kits, commonly marketed to test water, have been used as an alternative to the analysis of ionized calcium in dairy cows blood.
Cows with low calcium had a greater incidence of health problems compared to those with high calcium during the first 90 days of lactation…
Could we predict the risk of hypocalcemia in cows by monitoring its osteoclasts? Maintaining an adequate concentration of calcium in blood during the transition period is very important.
At calving, calcium requirements are quadrupled, which results in cows experiencing variable degrees of subclinical to clinical hypocalcemia. Subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH) is normally defined as calcium concentrations in blood lower than 2.1 mmol/L (8.5 mg/dL). Previous research conducted in Holsteins…
