Laminitis in young dairy calves fed a high starch diet and with a history of bovine viral diarrhoea virus infection
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19975822Keywords:
laminitis, gait, overgrown claws, sole horn hemorrhages, high starch dietAbstract
Six of the 33 calves born in a Swedish dairy herd during a period of four months developed laminitis when they were eight to 12 weeks old. The clinical signs included difficulty in rising, a stiff gait, overgrown claws and hemorrhages in the sole horn.
Full article published in Veterinary Record (1997) 140, 574-577