Fig. 1

Distribution summaries of fatty acids and rumen pH. Boxplots describe the distribution of volatile fatty acids at time of rumenocentesis including A) acetic, B) butyric, C) isobutyric, D) isovaleric plus 2-methyl butyric, E) lactic, F) propionic, G) valeric, H) the ratio of acetic to propionic, as well as I) prepartum NEFA, J) 14 d prepartum BHBA, K) 7 d prepartum BHBA, and L) rumen pH at time of rumenocentesis. Distributions are stratified by health status category CON = control, C-HYK = control cows which later developed HYK, and HYK = hyperketonemic cows. Different lower-case letters represent groups which statistically significantly differ