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'Controlled ketosis is a necessary requirement for normal lactation'

News19 Nov 2019Peter Hollinshead

Recent moves to lower the pre-calving condition score (CS) of cows to avoid the risk of overfat post-parturient animals ending up with ketosis may be taking us entirely in the wrong direction.

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