Publications by authors named "Martin Stierli"
Article Synopsis
- Subclinical and clinical ketosis are significant metabolic disorders in dairy cows that lead to production losses, and the study explores the effectiveness of using Fourier-transform mid-infrared spectrometry (FTIR) for predicting these conditions in individual animals.
- Experiments conducted included testing milk and blood samples from various cow breeds to assess whether FTIR could reliably identify ketosis by measuring levels of β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) and acetone.
- Overall findings indicated that FTIR had low correlations with blood BHB levels and yielded a limited number of accurate predictions for hyperketonemia, suggesting it may not be a reliable standalone method for individual cow screening.
