Prevention of milk fever by oral administration of encapsulated Ca-salts

Authors

  • B. Pehrson Experimental Station, Veterinary Institute, P. O. Box 234, S-532 23 Skara, Sweden
  • M. Jonsson Experimental Station, Veterinary Institute, P. O. Box 234, S-532 23 Skara, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1991no26p36-37

Keywords:

calcium, cattle diseases, Cows, Disease prevention, Feeding, inorganic salts, Metabolic disorders, parturient paresis, prevention

Abstract

The prophylactic effect on milk fever by repeated oral administration of encapsulated Ca-salts in close correlation with calving was tested in comparison with both a commercially available Ca-gel ('Paregel') and placebo capsules. Two trials involved a total of 193 cows that had contracted milk fever at their last calving. In trial I 28.8% of the cows treated with Ca-capsules contracted milk fever compared with 35.6% of the 'Paregel'-treated cows. In trial II 14.6% of the cows in the capsule-treated group contracted the disease compared with 54.8% in the placebo group.

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Published

1991-09-01

How to Cite

Pehrson, B., & Jonsson, M. (1991). Prevention of milk fever by oral administration of encapsulated Ca-salts. The Bovine Practitioner, 1991(26), 36–37. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1991no26p36-37

Issue

No. 26 (1991 September)

Section

Articles