Ketosis:

• Syn: Acetonemia
• It is common metabolic disease of high yielding animal.
• It occurs most commonly in early lactation in dairy cows.
• Abnormal accumulation of ketone bodies in tissue and tissue fluids.

Classification of ketosis:

1. Primary Ketosis
2. Secondary Ketosis

• Starvation Ketosis

Etiology:

• Under nutrition/Starvation
• Feeding of excess amount of protein rich diet
• Excess feeding of silage
• Heavy drain of lactose through milk leads to negative energy balance
• Hepatic insufficiency
• Insulin deficiency

3 ketone bodies: Acetoacetate, β-hydroxybutyrate, acetone