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Grass tetany
A K/(Ca+Mg) charge ratio exceeding 2.2 in forages has been commonly considered a risk factor for grass tetany. "Winter tetany" may occur with some silages, low-magnesium grass hays, or corn stover.
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grass tetany
grass tetany [ad. G. grastetanie (Sjollema & Seekles 1930, in Biochem. Zeitschr. CCXXIX. 358).] A disease in cattle caused by magnesium deficiency, occurring esp. when there is a change of diet such as from indoor feeding to outdoor grazing.1933 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. May 636 It is interesting that Sjoll...
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Tetany
An excess of potassium in grass hay or pasture can trigger winter tetany, or grass tetany, in ruminants. Hypocalcemia is not a term for tetany but is rather a cause of tetany.
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Staggers
Staggers may refer to:
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Grass staggers, a metabolic disorder of cattle and sheep, caused by magnesium deficiency Transport tetany in livestock
The Staggers Rail Act (1980) in the USA
Slang for decompression sickness
The New Statesman, a British political journal
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grass
▪ I. grass, n.1 (grɑːs, -æ-) Forms: α. 1 græs, (pl. grasu), 3–5 gres, 3–6 gras, (3 grace, graes, 4 grece, grees), 4 gris(e, 4, 6 griss(e, 4–6 gress(e, 4–7 grasse, (5 graas, grase, graz), 6– grass. β. 1 gærs, gers, subsequently Sc. and north. dial. 4, 6–9 gers(e, 4–6 gyrs(s, 5–6 gyrse, 5, 9 girss, 6,...
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hypo-
hypo- (hɪpəʊ, haɪpəʊ) before vowels also hyp-, prefix, repr. Gr. ὑπο-, ὑπ- (f. ὑπό prep. and adv. ‘under’ = L. sub), largely employed in Greek in the formation of verbs, adjectives, and substantives. With verbs, and their derivatives, ὑπο- had the senses ‘under, beneath, down, from below; underhand,...
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Snake venom
This causes tetany (involuntary muscle contraction), which can lead to death. Repeated experiments have shown the European grass snake (Natrix natrix) not to be affected by the bite of the European adder (Vipera berus) and the European
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Magnesium in biology
In ruminant animals, particularly vulnerable to magnesium availability in pasture grasses, the condition is known as 'grass tetany'.
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Mad cow crisis
In fact, locomotor disorders such as grass tetany are common in cattle, making diagnosis of the disease difficult. The public discovered that cows not only ate grass and plants, but also mineral, synthetic and animal feed supplements.
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