Disease frequencies in dairy cows in Sweden. III. Parturient paresis

Hypocalcemia Reduces Rate of Disappearance of Glucose from Plasma

“…An epidemiological study from BENDIXEN et al (1987) (2) surveying about 125,000 calvings in Sweden came to the conclusion that cows with parturient paresis were at a significant higher risk to develop bovine ketosis than cows with normal plasma calcium. This agrees with observations made by veterinary practitioners that in milking cows low plasma calcium concentrations favor the development of bovine ketosis.…”

Scientific report on the effects of farming systems on dairy cow welfare and disease

“…Thus, zero-grazing can be considered to increase the likelihood of all of these health problems. In a large epidemiological study on Swedish dairy cows where tied cows were compared when tied and when kept on pasture during summer time with loose housed cows with no summer pasture (Bendixen et al, 1986a;1987a;1987b;1987c; there were no significant effects of access to pasture on the relative likelihood of parturient paresis (Bendixen et al, 1987b) or tramped teats (Bendixen et al, 1988b). However, tramped teats have been found to be lower in cows on pasture in other studies (Ekesbo, 1966;Geer and Grommers, 1975;Bendixen et al, 1986b).…”

Determinação e avaliação de fatores que afetam a produtividade de vacas leiteiras: aspectos sanitários e reprodutivos.

“…Vacas com hipocalcemia tiveram 4,33 vezes (p ≤ 0,05) mais chances de reterem as membranas fetais, sendo estes resultados semelhantes aos obtidos em vários estudos (Bendixen et al, 1987;Curtis et al, 1985;e Markusfeld, 1984e 1990.…”