Figure 2.

This summary chart encompasses nutritional mitigation and postpartum reproductive management support strategies. Postpartum management should be based upon the advice of dairy extension workers and/or veterinarians, with special care for appropriate feeding practices. (Abbreviations: DCAD, dietary cation–anion difference; DMI, dry matter intake; BWT, body weight; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, poly-unsaturated fatty acid; CP, crude protein; RDP, rumen-degradable protein; inj., injection; rbST, generic somatotropin; AI, artificial insemination; GnRH, gonadotrophin.) This figure is based upon the mitigation charts of our previous studies [9,187] and the recommendations given in this study.