单词 | grass tetany |
释义 | grass tetanyn. A disorder occurring in cows and ewes turned out to grass after parturition, characterized by muscle spasms, convulsions, and a high mortality rate, and caused by an abnormally low concentration of magnesium in the blood. Also called grass staggers, hypomagnesaemia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > dietary disorders dew-bolne?1523 hunger-rot?1523 grass-sick1607 grain-sick1834 hoove1840 grass staggers1858 bloat1878 wobbles1886 grain-founder1890 blowing1891 veld sickness1896 corn-stalk disease1900 cattle-sickness1903 Molteno disease1911 grass tetany1931 1931 Vet. Bull. 1 166 Lactation and gestation tetany is also similar to grass tetany but it is due to dietetic errors in stall fed cows. 1967 Times 28 Dec. 7/3 I remember about 15 years or so ago when I first started spraying my pastures with magnesium sulphate as a preventive against grass tetany. 2001 Kansas Farmer Mar. (Beef Producer Insert) 1/3 Grass tetany is caused by low magnesium in the blood and can lead to paralysis, coma and even death in cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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