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Feeding-Induced Hypocalcaemia

Utfodringsbetingad hypokalcemi: Studier av det gastro-intestinala kalciumupptaget hos får

Studies on the Uptake of 47Ca from the Gastrointestinal Tract of Sheep

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 19, pages 204–214 (1978)Cite this article

Abstract

It was previously shown that when concentrate was added to the diet of hay-fed sheep, there was a profound decrease of serum calcium. In the present study it was shown that 0.4 kg/day of concentrate was necessary to induce this drop in serum calcium. The same changes occurred in heifers fed 3 kg concentrate per day. Isotope studies showed that the fall in serum calcium was probably not caused by a reduced gastro-intestinal calcium uptake.

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Når kraftfoder börjar utfodras till får som tidigare stått på enbart höutfodring, inträder ibland en drastisk sånkning av serumkalcium- koncentrationen. 0.4 kg/djur och dag visades vara den minsta mängd som ger upphov till en signifikant sänkning av serumkalcium. Hos kvigor kunde en signifikant sänkning av serumkalcium induceras med en giva på 3 kg/dag. Radionuklidstudier visade att orsaken till hypo- kalcemien sannolikt inte var ett reducerat gastrointestinalt upptag av kalcium.

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Jones, B., Luthman, J. Feeding-Induced Hypocalcaemia. Acta Vet Scand 19, 204–214 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547626

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