Characteristics of milk fever and mastitis following different milking method and preventive calcium injection performed during the colostrum period in dairy cattle

Abstract

The colostrum period is usually a 1-to 2-week period of rapid physiological changes during parturition. Failure to optimize the cattle's body for milk production during this period exposes the cattle to milk fever and mastitis, which significantly decrease productivity of dairy cattle. Therefore, the prevention of milk fever and mastitis is a big part of colostrum-period management (DeGaris and