Abstract
The "metabolic profile" or "blood profile" has been defined as a set or combination of bloodconstituents analyzed together.1 Blood profiling in dairy cattle has been tested by many investigators with the goal of correlating the blood levels of biochemical parameters with nutrition, fertility and metabolic diseases. 2,3,4 However, the value of metabolic profile tests for monitoring the nutritional stage or identifying metabolic diseases which might have a negative effect on reproductive performance has been questioned, as 60 per cent of herds with no clinical or production problems also had abnormal metabolic profiles.5 The aim of the following study was to reevaluate the efficacy of metabolic profiling by comparing metabolic profiles of herds with and without reproductive disorders.
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