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<strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> Fertility Challenges in High Yielding Dairy Cows during the Transition Period<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Use <strong>of</strong> Dietary Fatty Acids as an Optimization Strategy<br />

Miel Hostens<br />

Vakgroep Voortplanting, Verloskunde en Bedrijfsdiergeneeskunde<br />

Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, Universiteit Gent<br />

Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, België<br />

Funding: This research was supported by the Institute for the Promotion <strong>of</strong> Innovation<br />

by Science <strong>and</strong> Technology in Fl<strong>and</strong>ers (IWT-Vla<strong>and</strong>eren, grant n° 050683)<br />

ISBN: 978-90-5864-310-0<br />

Cover photo <strong>and</strong> design: Jeroen Maes<br />

Pictures reprinted with kind permission <strong>of</strong> Ken Nordlund<br />

Printing: BEMA-Graphics n.v./s.a., Wommelgem, Belgium, www.bemagraphics.com<br />

Printing <strong>of</strong> this thesis was financially supported by

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