Ketosis an Old Story Under a New Approach

Guanshi Zhang, Burim N. Ametaj

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Abstract

Ketosis, characterized by high concentrations of ketone bodies in the blood, urine, and milk, affects a considerable number of cows immediately after calving. Although much is known about ketosis, dairy cows continue to be affected in every herd world-wide. Cows affected by ketosis are treated with palliative treatments after the disease is diagnosed. This is a very expensive approach and costs the dairy industry extra expenses, contributing to lower profitability of dairy herds. In this review article, we summarize the mainstream view on ketosis, classification of ketosis into three types, current diagnostic approaches to ketosis, and the economic impact of ketosis on dairy farms. Additionally, we discuss the most recent applications of the new ‘omics’ science of metabolomics in studying the etiopathology of ketosis as well as its contribution in identification of novel screening or diagnostic biomarkers of ketosis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number5
JournalDairy
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

Keywords

  • conventional view
  • dairy cows
  • immunology
  • ketosis
  • metabolomics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • veterinary (miscalleneous)

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