1. Hypomagnesemia in beef cattle from the central region of Argentina: retrospective study.
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José Cantón, Germán, Luján Fernández, Eduardo, Ignacio Poo, Juan, Alfredo Späth, Ernesto Juan, Raúl Odriozola, Ernesto, Gloria Monterubbianesi, María, and Carina Moreno, Fabiana
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BEEF cattle , *GRASS tetany , *HYPOMAGNESEMIA , *FOOD consumption , *METABOLIC disorders , *VETERINARY services - Abstract
Hypomagnesaemia (grass tetany) is a metabolic disorder of ruminants due to a reduced dietary intake of magnesium (primary deficiency), incorrect digestibility or associated metabolic factors reducing Mg intake (secondary deficiency). Grass tetany is a production disease responsible for important economic losses in beef herds from Argentina. Several factors influence the development of grass tetany in cattle, including physiological status, weather, soil and forage. This research described a retrospective analysis over the past 20 years, revising the cases of beef cattle clinical hypomagnesaemia registered at the Veterinary Diagnostic Service in INTA Balcarce, Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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