TY - JOUR
T1 - Cumulative incidence of ketosis in fresh lactating cows
T2 - a case study in the United Arab Emirates
AU - Ameni, Gobena
AU - Alshamsi, Shaikha Saif Ali
AU - Bayissa, Berecha
AU - Zewude, Aboma
AU - Mohammed, Temesgen
AU - Degefa, Berhanu Adnew
AU - Alhemairi, Mansour
AU - Antony, Asha
AU - Mohteshamuddin, Khaja
AU - Kalaiah, Gopala
AU - Omer, Mohammed Ali
AU - Alkalbani, Meera Saeed
AU - Eltahir, Yassir Mohammed
AU - Hamad, Mohamed Elfatih
AU - Habib, Ihab
AU - Sori, Teshale
AU - Tibbo, Markos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - Non-infectious diseases such as ketosis could present a major threat to the development of the dairy subsector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A retrospective study (2019 to 2022) was conducted on 7511 fresh lactating cows to estimate the monthly cumulative incidences of subclinical ketosis (SCK) and clinical ketosis (CK) at one dairy farm in the UAE as a case study. Clinical examination for signs of ketosis and measuring the blood β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) concentration were used for defining the ketosis status of the study cows. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and binary logistic regression analyses were used for data analysis. The mean monthly cumulative incidence of SCK over four years was 11.16% (95% CI: 10.45, 11.89) while that of CK was 0.53% (95% CI: 0.38, 0.72). The mean monthly cumulative incidences of both SCK was associated (p < 0.0001) with year, season and parity. Besides, the mean monthly cumulative incidence of CK was associated year (p < 0.01) with season. Thus, the mean monthly cumulative incidence of CK was low at the study farm while that of SCK was moderate. Therefore, control and preventive measures of ketosis were recommended to reduce the incidence of SCK at the study farm.
AB - Non-infectious diseases such as ketosis could present a major threat to the development of the dairy subsector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A retrospective study (2019 to 2022) was conducted on 7511 fresh lactating cows to estimate the monthly cumulative incidences of subclinical ketosis (SCK) and clinical ketosis (CK) at one dairy farm in the UAE as a case study. Clinical examination for signs of ketosis and measuring the blood β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) concentration were used for defining the ketosis status of the study cows. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and binary logistic regression analyses were used for data analysis. The mean monthly cumulative incidence of SCK over four years was 11.16% (95% CI: 10.45, 11.89) while that of CK was 0.53% (95% CI: 0.38, 0.72). The mean monthly cumulative incidences of both SCK was associated (p < 0.0001) with year, season and parity. Besides, the mean monthly cumulative incidence of CK was associated year (p < 0.01) with season. Thus, the mean monthly cumulative incidence of CK was low at the study farm while that of SCK was moderate. Therefore, control and preventive measures of ketosis were recommended to reduce the incidence of SCK at the study farm.
KW - Clinical ketosis
KW - Cumulative incidence
KW - Fresh lactating cows
KW - Subclinical ketosis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003756821
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105003756821#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1186/s12917-025-04726-8
DO - 10.1186/s12917-025-04726-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 40296118
AN - SCOPUS:105003756821
SN - 1746-6148
VL - 21
JO - BMC Veterinary Research
JF - BMC Veterinary Research
IS - 1
M1 - 295
ER -
