A Review: Oxidative Stress during Lactation in Dairy Cattle-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Keywords Keywords: Oxidative stress; Lactation; Hydrogen peroxidase Abbreviations : SOD: Superoxide Dismutase; GPX: Glutathione Peroxidase; ROS: Reactive Oxygen Species; GPX: Glutathione Peroxidase Introduction Lactation is an important period in dairy cows from the point of view of physiological changes taking place, which in turn produce measurable changes in the diagnostic parameters of the blood. Oxidative stress plays a key role in the onset or progression of numerous human and animal diseases. High metabolic demands during lactation can impact the oxidative status of dairy cows. Researchers have reported higher oxidative stress in high producing dairy cows when compared to average producing dairy cows. Stage of lactation has also been found to affect the oxidative status of the animal. Dairy cows undergo oxidative stress mainly during the peripar...