DAIRY COWS: NUTRITION, FERTILITY AND MILK PRODUCTION -- DAIRY COWS: NUTRITION, FERTILITY AND MILK PRODUCTION -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- MASTITIS AND BOVINE MILK PRODUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION - MASTITIS COSTS -- SYMPTOMS OF MASTITIS -- BACTERIAL MASTITIS PATHOGENS -- Contagious Pathogens:Staphylococcusaureus -- Streptococcus dysgalactiae -- Coagulase Negative Staphylococci -- Streptococcus agalactiae -- Other Contagious Pathogens -- Environmental Pathogens: Escherichia coli -- Streptococcus uberis -- Klebsiella pneumoniae -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- TREATMENT -- Antibiotic Therapy -- Probiotics -- Bacteriocins -- Cytokine Therapy -- Phage Therapy -- PREVENTION AND CONTROL -- Farm Management Practices -- Nutrition -- Vaccines -- Breeding for Disease Resistance -- Transgenic Animals -- CONCERNS FOR THE INDUSTRY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS IN DAIRY COWS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OXIDATIVE STRESS -- Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) -- Superoxide Anion (·O2-) -- Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) -- Hydroxyl Radical (·OH) -- Antioxidant System -- ROS and Reproductive Processes -- ROS and Steroidogenesis -- ROS and the Ovary -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE PERIPARTURIENT PERIOD -- CYSTIC OVARIAN FOLLICLES -- Definition -- Incidence, Etiology and Pathogenesis -- COF Classification and Clinical Signs -- Distribution and Diagnosis -- Prevention -- Prognosis and Treatment -- Follicular Cyst -- Luteal Cysts -- POSTPARTURIENT UTERINE DISEASES -- Metritis -- Risk Factors for Metritis -- Reproductive Diseases -- Metabolic Disorders -- Retained Placenta and Breed Interaction -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PRODUCTION DISEASES IN DAIRY HERDS: MONITORING TRANSITION COWS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRODUCTION DISEASES -- TRANSITION PERIOD -- BLOOD PROFILES.

NEGATIVE ENERGY BALANCE -- BODY PROTEIN STATUS -- MACRO-MINERALS BALANCES -- MONITORING PRODUCTION DISEASES -- REFERENCES -- INCREASING THE VALUE IN DAIRY CHAINS MAINLY SUPPLIED BY SMALL SCALE FARMS: CASE STUDY FROM MOROCCO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT OF THE STUDY: MILK PRODUCTION IN MOROCCO -- A DIAGNOSIS OF A SAMPLE OF IRRIGATED SMALL SCALE DAIRY CATTLE FARMS -- AN INTERVENTION TO INCREASE MILK YIELD PER COW THROUGH CORRECT FEEDING -- MODELING MILK QUALITY PARAMETERS IN RELATION TO REARING PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GENETIC PARAMETERS FOR CLINICAL MASTITIS AND SOMATIC CELL COUNT FOR HOLSTEIN COWS MANAGED UNDER MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN TUNISIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 2.1. Data -- 2.2. Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- Descriptive Statistics -- Analysis of Variance -- Univariate Analyses -- Bivariate Analyses -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INCIDENCE OF HYPOCALCEMIA AND ITS CA HOMEOSTASIS MECHANISM IN PERIPARTURIENT COWSFROM THREE INTENSIVE DAIRY FARMSOF HEILONGJIANG -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Animals -- Sample Collection and Treatment -- Plasma Analysis -- Hypocalcaemia and Milk Fever -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HAEMODYNAMIC CHANGES OF THE SUPER-OVULATED CORPUS LUTEUM IN CATTLE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Experimental Design -- Monitoring of Corpus Luteum Development -- Blood Collection and Hormonal Determination -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- Ovarian Response to the Super-ovulation Protocol -- Morphological Changes of the Haemodynamics of the Super-ovulated CL: -- CL Area, Blood Flow Area, Blood Flow Area % and TAMXV -- Progesterone -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.