Identifying a non-invasive measure of bone status in dairy cattle

The objectives of this research were to evaluate non-invasive measures of bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) as rapid, on-farm tools to assess phosphorus (P) status in dairy cows. In addition, the effects of parity and stage of lactation on measures of BMC of the fused 3rd and...

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Main Author: Keene, Beth E.
Other Authors: Dairy Science
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
Subjects:
DXA
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9599
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08132003-074329