Prevention of Parturient Paresis by a Low-Calcium Diet Prepartum: a Field Study
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- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Dairy Science Association in Journal of Dairy Science
- Vol. 58 (3), 430-431
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(75)84584-x
Abstract
Twenty of 60 control cows fed a “normal” diet prepartum developed parturient paresis whereas none of 37 fed a low-calcium (13 to 18 g/cow per day) diet prepartum developed the disease.Keywords
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