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Chronic udder oedema: clinical aspects of the syndrome and its connection with hypomagnesaemia and anaemia
Hicks JD, Pauli JV
New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 10, pp 225-228, Oct 1976
New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 10, pp 225-228, Oct 1976
Article class: Scientific Article
Subject Terms: Biosecurity, Circulatory system/haematology, Disease/defect, Disease surveillance, Locomotor, Mammary gland/udder, Metabolic disease, Milk, Minerals/elememts, Nervous system/neurology
Animal Type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Publisher: Taylor and FrancisAbstract
Chronic udder oedema (C.U.O.), also known as “leatherbag”, “rubber bag” and “caked udder”, is a disease of dairy cows occurring in a number of areas in the North Island . The condition has been observed to be associated with hypomagnesaemia and a fading syndrome involving anaemia (J. Ker and D. Cordes, pers. comm.). This syndrome, also known as “Taranaki anaemia”, is described herein as Spring Anaemia (S.A.). No mention of these diseases in veterinary literature has been found. For this reason, clinical aspects of C.U.O. and S.A. as they occur within a 30 km radius of Eltham, Taranaki, are described and discussed. Results are presented of a survey undertaken in the same area to determine the association of C.U.O. with hypomagnesaemia and anaemia.The whole of the literary matter of the New Zealand Veterinary Journal is copyright Taylor and Francis, Downloading this article signifies agreement with the terms and conditions of electronic access.