Graduate Student Literature Review: Implications of transition cow health for reproductive function and targeted reproductive management

Negative associations of health disorders with repro- ductive performance, often measured with pregnancy risk per artificial insemination (AI) or the risk of preg- nancy loss, have been demonstrated extensively. Most studies investigated common clinical diseases but did not include subclinical disorders comprehensively. They often evaluated cows subjected to hormonal synchro- nization protocols for timed AI, limiting the ability to understand how disease may affect spontaneous repro- ductive...