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Volume 91, Issue 8 , Pages 2996-3009 , August 2008

Metabolites and Immune Variables Associated with Somatic Cell Counts of Primiparous Dairy Cows

A.-K. Nyman
- Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, National Veterinary Institute, SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
- Swedish Dairy Association, PO Box 7019, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
- Corresponding author.
U. Emanuelson
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7054, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
K. Holtenius
- Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Kungsängen Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala SE-753 23, Sweden
K.L. Ingvartsen
- Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, PO Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
T. Larsen
- Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, PO Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
K. Persson Waller
- Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, National Veterinary Institute, SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7054, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Received 21 December 2007 ,Accepted 1 May 2008.

Serum concentrations (arithmetic means±SEM) of BHBA and NEFA (A), glucose and insulin (B), cholesterol and urea nitrogen (C), conglutinin and CL-43 (D), and haptoglobin (E) in primiparous cows (n=283

Serum concentrations (arithmetic means±SEM) of BHBA and NEFA (A), glucose and insulin (B), cholesterol and urea nitrogen (C), conglutinin and CL-43 (D), and haptoglobin (E) in primiparous cows (n=283 to 291) from 20 Swedish dairy herds.
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Serum concentrations [least squares means (LSM)] of BHBA (A), cholesterol (B), glucose (C), insulin (D), NEFA (E), and urea nitrogen (F) by day relative to calving in primiparous cows (n=291) of the S

Serum concentrations [least squares means (LSM)] of BHBA (A), cholesterol (B), glucose (C), insulin (D), NEFA (E), and urea nitrogen (F) by day relative to calving in primiparous cows (n=291) of the Swedish Holstein breed (•) and Swedish Red breed (–▴ –) from 20 Swedish dairy herds. All variables were adjusted for age at calving, except for cholesterol. *Significant (P<0.05) differences between breeds in that period.
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Serum concentrations [least squares means (LSM)] of CL-43 (A), conglutinin (B), and haptoglobin (C) by day relative to calving in primiparous cows (n=283 to 291) of the Swedish Holstein breed (•) and

Serum concentrations [least squares means (LSM)] of CL-43 (A), conglutinin (B), and haptoglobin (C) by day relative to calving in primiparous cows (n=283 to 291) of the Swedish Holstein breed (•) and Swedish Red breed (–▴ –) from 20 Swedish dairy herds. The LSM for conglutinin was adjusted for age at calving. *Significant (P<0.05) differences between breeds in that period.
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