A comparative study of arterial and venous blood acetate concentration in cows fed different diets close to parturition.
Blood samples were collected from the coccygeal artery and a jugular vein two weeks before expected calving, one to five days after calving and three weeks after calving of cows which were fed either a high roughage or a low roughage diet from four weeks before to 14 weeks after calving. The mean venous acetate concentration ranged from about half to three-quarters of the arterial concentration. No differences were observed at any time between concentrations of acetate in either the arterial or venous blood of the cows on the different diets.
Björkman
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Dept. Cattle and Sheep Diseases, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
Forslund
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Holtenius
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Olsson
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Wiktorsson
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D000085:Acetates / Q000097:blood*; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood*; D014680:Veins
D000085:Acetates