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? for a friend - Milk Fever?
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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 449999" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>milk fever is caused by a calcium deficiency (or imbalance) caused by heavy milking (which takes a large amount of calcium) shortly after calving.</p><p></p><p>It is feed related and holsteins are especially proned to milk fever and although I have heard a theory from a local dairy farmer on how to prevent it through feeding, I don't think its scientific enough to post it here.</p><p></p><p>giving the calcium IV isn't that hard at all and as long as you're carefull by not injected air into the jugular vein the risk of death through giving IV calcium is certainly far less than from the milk fever. Although it would take much longer to really work and get the cow up again and certainly looks terrible, you can give the calcium in a series of SQ shots, I have seen a neighbour who couldn't find the vein do that on the vet's advice and although it took much longer to get a response after the shots it did work.</p><p></p><p>pm me if you want to hear the neighbour's theory</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 449999, member: 4353"] milk fever is caused by a calcium deficiency (or imbalance) caused by heavy milking (which takes a large amount of calcium) shortly after calving. It is feed related and holsteins are especially proned to milk fever and although I have heard a theory from a local dairy farmer on how to prevent it through feeding, I don't think its scientific enough to post it here. giving the calcium IV isn't that hard at all and as long as you're carefull by not injected air into the jugular vein the risk of death through giving IV calcium is certainly far less than from the milk fever. Although it would take much longer to really work and get the cow up again and certainly looks terrible, you can give the calcium in a series of SQ shots, I have seen a neighbour who couldn't find the vein do that on the vet's advice and although it took much longer to get a response after the shots it did work. pm me if you want to hear the neighbour's theory [/QUOTE]
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