From: Low cortisol levels in blood from dairy cows with ketosis: a field study
AVERAGE1 (95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL) CONCENTRATION | ||||||
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Group | Number of cows | Clinical diagnosis | Lactation number, median (range) | Production Cycle2, median (range) | S-tCa mmol/l | BHBA mmol/l |
IK | 7 | Inappetance and ketosis, BHBA > 1.5 mmol/l | 2 (1;6) | 26 (22;50) | 2.2 (2.0;2.4) | 4.5 (2.9;6.9) |
I | 5 | Inappetance, BHBA < 1.5 mmol/l | 5 (2;6) | 2 (0;200) | 2.1 (1.4;2.7) | 0.9 (0.6;1.5) |
MA | 7 | Mastitis | 4 (2;6) | 60 (3;250) | 2.3 (1.8;2.8) | 0.6 (0.4;0.9) |
ME | 7 | Metritis | 4 (2;4) | 4 (3;14) | 2.1 (1.7;2.5) | 1.4 (0.7;2.5) |
PP | 12 | Parturient paresis S-tCa < 1.25 mmol/l | 5 (2;8) | 1 (0;60) | 0.9 (0.8;1.0) | 0.7 (0.5;0.9) |
R | 11 | Recumbent cows, S-tCa > 1.25 mmol/l, treated with Ca. including prolapsed uterus, diarrhoea | 4 (1;8) | 2 (-1;200) | 1.6 (1.4;1.9) | 0.5 (0.3;0.9) |
O | 8 | Others, including laminitis, tetany, vagus indigestion, "cough", no diagnosis, lymphadenitis | 2 (1;5) | 55 (1;180) | 2.2 (2.0;2.4) | 0.8 (0.3;2.3) |