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Cowside blood test for beta-hydroxybutyrate concentration
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Cowside blood test for beta-hydroxybutyrate concentration

    Photograph of a handheld meter displaying a test result from an early lactation cow with ketosis. The meter shows a BHB concentration of 4.8 mmol/L. A cow with ketosis has a concentration ≥1.2 mmol/L.

Courtesy of Dr. Todd Duffield.

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Ketosis in Cattle