Article: Predicting timothy mineral concentrations, dietary cation-anion difference, and grass tetany index by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

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Crop Science;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Heinrichs, 1978; Mayland, 1988). Grass tetany is a metabolic ailment in grazing ruminants ... and even death. Clinical cases of grass tetany were not observed when blood serum Mg ... Although differences in susceptibility to grass tetany have been observed among animal breeds ...

Article: Overcast days increase chance of grass tetany
St. Joseph News-Press;  April 15, 2007 ;     532 words ... ... begin grazing the lush spring growth, grass tetany, also called grass staggers, wheat ... hypomagnesia can start showing up. Grass tetany is a nutritional disorder resulting ... Conditions which increase the risk of grass tetany are lush green forage, prolonged cloudy ...

Article: US ARS: New plant may help thwart grass tetany.
M2 Presswire;  May 3, 1999 ;     599 words ... ... US ARS: New plant may help thwart grass tetany (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ... and deer from an affliction known as grass tetany. When ruminants -- that is, animals ... too little magnesium in their blood, grass tetany can result. Also known as hypomagnesemia ...

Variation in Mineral Concentration and Grass Tetany ...
Crop Science;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... summer or fall use (Holt, 1996). Grass tetany or hypomagnesemic tetany is characterized ... environmental and edaphic factors may affect grass tetany but mineral concentrations of Mg, Ca ... spring will be at risk of developing grass tetany. Increasing K content from 6 to 24 ...

Dictionary definition: grass tetany
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition;      225 words ...grass tetany Magnesium deficiency in cattle.

Article: Studies from G.F. Tremblay et al have provided new data on dairy ...
Agriculture Week;  September 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... namely, hypocalcemia ( milk fever) and hypomagnesemia (grass tetany). Risks of occurrence ... difference (DCAD) and the grass tetany (GT) index of forages ... anion difference, and grass tetany index by near-infrared ...

Article: Prevention of milk fever with Provita.(Farming ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  September 20, 2003 ;     567 words ... ... Herd, Randalstown, to prevent Milk Fever. In spite of advances in animal health, many farms still suffer from Milk Fever. Dry cow minerals, D3 and calcium ... all been used to try and prevent Milk Fever but have produced limited results ...