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Hypophosphite and parturient paresis

Authors: MacDiarmid SC
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 80, Apr 1980
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Endocrine/autocrine/paracrine, Locomotor, Minerals/elememts, Muscle/myology, Disease/defect, Nervous system/neurology, Parturition, Parturition - induced, Toxicology, Pest/pesticides, Reproduction, Reproduction - female, Reproduction - hormones
Article class: Correspondence

Abstract: In a recent paper, I expressed the opinion that, although induction of calving in dairy cows with betamethasone formulations does not lead to an increased incidence of parturient paresis, this condition, when it does occur in induced cows, may be complicated by hypophosphataemia. I further suggested that this hypophosphataemia could be corrected by the administration of solutions containing magnesium hypophosphite. A publication, recently brought to my attention, has led me to modify my views on the value of hypophosphite solutions…

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