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**  "Milk fever" in lactating cattle.
 
**  "Milk fever" in lactating cattle.
 
** Eclampsia (parturient tetany) in bitches.   
 
** Eclampsia (parturient tetany) in bitches.   
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* Hypocalcaemia is a relatively common finding in
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** Small animals
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*** Most often associated with decreased albumin concentrations.
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*** Usually clinically insignificant.
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** Farm animals
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*** For example, dairy cows following parturition.
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**** More clinically significant.
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* Clinical signs may not always be present (i.e. clinically insignificant).
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** Clinical signs are most often seen in associated with lactation or post-operative causes.
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** When they seen, signs commonly include:
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*** Facial rubbing
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*** Muscle tremors or cramps
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*** Stiff gait
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*** Behavioural changes
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** The following are seen less commonly:
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*** Panting
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*** Pyrexia
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*** Lethargy
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*** Anorexia
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*** Tachycardia or ECG abnormalities
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*** Hypotension
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*** Death
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* Some causes of hypocalcaemia are also more common than others.
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** Common causes are:
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*** Chronic renal failure
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*** Hypoalbuminaemia
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*** Eclampsia
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*** Acute pancreatitis
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*** Iatrogenic
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*** Post thyroidectomy
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*** Post parathyroidectomy
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*** Blood transfusion
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** More uncommonly:
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*** Lab error
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*** Ethylene glycol toxicity
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*** NaHCO<sub>3</sub> administration
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*** Hypovitaminosis D
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*** Hypomagnesaemia
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*** Intestinal malabsorption
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*** Primary hypoparathyroidism
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[[Category:Parathyroid Glands - Pathology]]
    
[[Category:Vascular Fluid]]
 
[[Category:Vascular Fluid]]
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