Hypocalcaemia

Question 1

What is hypocalcaemia?

Answer 1

state in which plasma calcium concentrations fall below a normal, functional threshold (i.e ionise Ca falls more than ~10% below resting concentrations)

Question 2

What are the most commonly seen manifestations of hypocalcaemia seen in practice?

Answer 2

• cattle just after calving
• sheep in the last couple of weeks of pregnancy + early lactation
• lactating small breed bitches