Pathogenesis of milk fever

PATHOGENESIS OF MILK FEVER

  • Hyperaesthesia  instead of hypersensitivity, tetany of head and limbs instead of convulsions
  • Decrease of muscle tone – vulnerability increases for prolapse of uterus or vagina
  • Hypothermia , depression of consciousness
  • Ca:Mg is 6:1 - If serum Mg decreases these sign continues during second stage of milk fever
  • Phosphorus decrease, prolong the duration of recumbency
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