Animal risk factors

ANIMAL RISK FACTORS
  • Greatest risk at 4-7 years of age.
  • Dairy cattle and Female cattle were at a higher risk
  • Occurs throughout the year
  • Parturition,  atonic or distended abomasum-common precipitating factors
  • Concurrent diseases
  • Pre-existing subclinical ketosis
  • Hypocalcemia  
  • Genetic predisposition
  • Unusual activity, including jumping
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