Acetonaemia of Dairy Cows

Abstract

Acetonemia or ketosis is one of the metabolic disease of dairy cattle. Most commonly, ketosis is seen either in high producing cows or cows on a poor diet. This metabolic disease occurs due to deranged metabolism of glucose in the blood leading to low levels. The animals that are fed with good pasture and high energy diet will have a sufficient reserve of glucose in their body. The ruminants gets their glucose from the rumen fermentation of carbohydrate source it ingest rather than from feeding glucose directly. This disease in predominantly seen in high yielding cows especially during one month after calving with major symptom of sudden drop in milk yield. Being a metabolic disease it can be cured by prompt treatment and supplements.