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Help to avoid (sub) clinical milk fever in dairy cows
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Clinical milk fever has been recognized in the field for many years, although subclinical milk fever, seen in the first few days after calving, has more recently been identified as a key issue that affects as many as 50% or more of fresh cows.
It is also strongly correlated with other fresh cow disorders (e.g., metritis, mastitis, retained placenta, and displaced abomasum, lower milk production to name a few) (Venjakob et al., 2017; Rodriguez et al., 2017).
Calving constitutes the single largest risk factor to a cow’s health. The cow has to be prepared to have a large amount of calcium available for milk production: if she isn’t ready for this, she will be susceptible to milk fever.
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When the disease is subclinical, no obvious symptoms will show, but the affected animals can be more susceptible to other stress related health issues.
To reduce the impact that this has on productivity and profitability it is essential to take remedial action as quickly as possible.
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Alternatively, to discuss how we can help with Milk Fever within your herd, call us on : 0800 1930244