Economic Analysis of Metabolic Diseases in Bovines: A Review
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2013
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Abstract
In a dairy farming, among more diseases, metabolic/calving diseases are of great concern
to dairy producers worldwide. Dairy cattle metabolic disorders, which are disease related to
disturbance of one or more metabolic processes in the organism. This paper presents an overview the
evaluation of the economic impact of metabolic diseases in bovines. References will be limited to
economics rather than general focus, with emphasis on the most current reviews. The search was
performed with the key words being part of the title, descriptors and / or appearing anywhere in the
reference in order to find as many papers dealing with metabolic diseases as possible. The important
metabolic diseases such as ketosis, milk fever and downer cow complex are discussed under two
headings viz., prevalence/incidence rate and quantification of economic loss.