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Article: Spring cattle ills could appear in fall: Diseases might show up late due to grass growth.
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- American News (Aberdeen, SD)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2006
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Byline: Russ Keen
Sep. 18--Two cattle diseases associated with spring might pop up this fall in the Aberdeen area because some pastures are lush with new grass growth from recent rains. The diseases are grass tetany and a type of metabolic pneumonia. Grass tetany is the more well-known of the two, and is caused by magnesium deficiency. Rapidly growing grass often contains inadequate amounts of magnesium for cattle, said Russ Daly, South Dakota State University Extension veterinarian. Tyler Melroe, Extension educator stationed in Marshall County, said he has heard no reports of the disease actually showing up this late in the summer. "But we're ...