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===Hypokalaemia===

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===[[Hypokalaemia]]===

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* Potasstium is important for nervous and muscle conduction, especially in cardiac muscle.

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* The hypokalaemia is associated with diarrhoea and dehydration in calves.

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** Animals die from cardiac arrest following ventricular dissociation.

===Calcium===

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* '''Hypocalcaemia''' is most significant.

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* '''[[Hypocalcaemia]]''' is most significant.

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** "Milk fever" in lactating cattle.

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** Eclampsia (parturient tetany) in bitches.

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* '''[[Hypercalcaemia]]''' is less common.

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* '''Hypercalcaemia''' is less common.

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** Usually the result of dietary imbalance.

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** Produces metastatic vascular calcification.

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[[Category:~~Circulatory Disorders - Pathology~~]]

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[[Category:Vascular Fluid|A]]

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[[Category:Cardiology Section]]

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