Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia in Ruminants, Camelids, and Pigs: Discussion of Clinical Cases (Lakritz)

Question 1

Match the following Hypocalcemic syndromes with the species:
Purperal Tetany (Eclampsia)

Answer 1

Bitch, Queen

Question 2

Match the following Hypocalcemic syndromes with the species:
Parturient paresis, hypocalcemia

Answer 2

Cow

Question 3

Match the following Hypocalcemic syndromes with the species:
Pre/Post‐Parturient paresis

Answer 3

Ewe

Question 4

Match the following Hypocalcemic syndromes with the species:
Parturient paresis, hypocalcemia

Answer 4

Nanny Goat

Question 5

Match the following Hypocalcemic syndromes with the species:
Eclampsia

Answer 5

Sow

Question 6

Match the following Hypocalcemic syndromes with the species:
Synchronous diaphragmatic flutter

Answer 6

Pigs

Question 7

(T/F) In a cow, acetylcholine release is inhibited by the low calcium, resulting in inability to contract muscles, low body temperature and they can’t stand up

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The amount of ionized calcium in the blood is wholly dependent on what?

Answer 8

Alkalinity or Acidity of the blood
- if the pH of the blood is more than about 7 and a half, it is not going to be a happy cow
- It is going to have low blood calcium if the blood pH is lower than seven in the six to six and a half milligrams per hundred mils of blood, it is probably going to have a normal or high calcium

Question 9

What amount of calcium must the cow go under to experience subclinical hypocalcemia?

Answer 9

Ca < 8mg/dL