Field investigation of subacute rumen acidosis prevalence in walloon dairy herds ; Etude de la prévalence de l'acidose subaiguë du rumen dans les élevages laitiers en Wallonie

Subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) has been considered as a major metabolic disease in high producing dairy herds for years. However, different feeding practices However, different feeding practices and herd’s production levels are found in Wallonia. SARA prevalence in local herds was thus required 174 cows (164 Holstein and 10 Brown Swiss) out of 24 walloon herds were sampled from 2011 to 2012 for evaluation of their ruminal function. Selection of minimum 5 cows per herd was made on basis of days in milk (<150 DIM), or low milk fat % (F <3.2%), or fat/protein % (F/P≤1), or at farmer’s req... Mehr ...