Clinical Case Study: Bovine Milk Fever (Acute Hypocalcemia)
Milk Fever (Parturient Paresis) is an acute to subacute metabolic emergency in high-yielding dairy cattle characterized by severe hypocalcemia, generalized muscle weakness, loss of consciousness, and sternal to lateral recumbency. While acute hypocalcemia occurring within 72 hours post-calving during heavy colostrum synthesis is strictly termed Milk Fever, serum calcium depletions occurring during mid-gestation or late … Read more