NALT

Preferred term

milk fever

Topic

A disease of pregnant and lactating cows and ewes leading to generalized paresis and death. The disease, which is characterized by hypocalcemia, occurs at or shortly after parturition in cows and within weeks before or after parturition in ewes.

parturient paresis

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

23680

Spanish

fiebre vitularia

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/23111

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/14/13