Seda põhjustab mineraalainete, mikroelementide ja vitamiinide vaegus ratsioonis. Vasikatel tekib peamiselt magneesiumi vähesus ... Tunnustest on esikohal kloonilis-toonilised krambid ... Enne krambihoogu on loomad rahutud. ... Raviks manustatakse söödaga mineraalaineid ja vitamiine (optimaalsetes kogustes).
a metabolic disease of unknown cause affecting the parturient cow, ewe, goat, sow and bitch; characterised by hypocalcaemia and muscular weakness and inco-ordination, tetany, loss of consciousness and death. The disease also occurs during pregnancy in the ewe and during lactation in the goat.