Suffocating, slow calves with a thick neck. Iodine deficiency in cattle

Van Wuijckhuise, L.; Groeneveld, A.G.; Counotte, G.H.; Kock, P.

Tijdschrift Voor Diergeneeskunde 128(11): 348-351

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0040-7453
PMID: 12827742
Document Number: 555027
On a dairy farm situated 200 km from the sea on sandy soil an increasing problem arose during 3 years with new-born calves showing a thickness over the larynx. The calves and close-in heifers proved to be severely deficient in trace elements. The new born calves had goitre. The clinical picture, diagnosis and therapy/prevention are discussed.

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