Poor mineral intake leads to lameness and ruptured tendons in calves

Vet Rec. 2016 Jul 23;179(4):92-5. doi: 10.1136/vr.i4084.

Abstract

Ruptured calcanean tendons in 10-month-old calvesMalignant catarrhal fever in a yearling bullockAortic thromboembolism in a four-day-old calfEpitheliogenesis imperfecta in lambsInfectious laryngotracheitis in backyard flocks These are among matters discussed in the disease surveillance report for April 2016 from SAC Consulting: Veterinary Services (SAC C VS).

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
  • Columbidae
  • Female
  • Lameness, Animal / epidemiology
  • Minerals / administration & dosage
  • Poultry
  • Pregnancy
  • Scotland / epidemiology
  • Sentinel Surveillance / veterinary*
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / epidemiology
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology
  • Tendon Injuries / epidemiology
  • Tendon Injuries / veterinary

Substances

  • Minerals