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- Parturient paresis is a metabolic disorder of the dairy cow which is characterized by decreased appetite, gut stasis, anorexia, cool extremities, subnormal rectal temperature, incoordination, and recumbence.
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Parturient paresis (milk fever, hypocalcemia, paresis puerperalis, parturient apoplexy) is a disease of adult dairy cows in which acute hypocalcemia causes acute to peracute, afebrile, flaccid paralysis of that occurs most commonly at or soon after parturition.
- Spastic Paresis in Cattle
Spastic paresis is a progressive neuromuscular disorder that...
- Spastic Paresis in Cattle
Spastic paresis is a progressive neuromuscular disorder that causes spastic contraction of the gastrocnemius or quadriceps, resulting in hyperextension of one or both hind limbs. It occurs sporadically in most breeds of cattle. Post-legged cattle are most frequently affected.
- Peter D. Constable
Bovine spastic paresis and bovine spastic syndrome are seen in many breeds of cattle and has been referred to as “contraction of the Achilles tendon,” “straight hock,” "barn cramp," and “Elso heel.” (Also see Lameness in Cattle.)
This article describes tendon disorders in cattle and treatments for such disorders. Tendon injuries causing loss of a production animal or a decreased level of production result in significant economic loss to the cattle producer. Tendon disorders may be congenital or acquired.
- David E. Anderson, André Desrochers, Guy St. Jean
- 2008
Milk Fever, also known as hypocalcaemia or parturient paresis, is the most common metabolic disease affecting dairy cattle, affecting around 5-10% cows annually. It usually presents as a down cow around calving.
Milk fever, postparturient hypocalcemia, or parturient paresis is a disease, primarily in dairy cattle [1] but also seen in beef cattle and non-bovine domesticated animals, [2] characterized by reduced blood calcium levels (hypocalcemia).
Nov 1, 2014 · Bovine spastic paresis (BSP) is a progressive neuromuscular disease characterised by spastic contractions of one or more muscles of the hindquarters and/or back in standing cattle.
