What is the usual immediate treatment for a recumbent cow with clinical milk fever?
Correct answer: D. Slow intravenous calcium borogluconate
- A. Intramuscular magnesium sulphate only
- B. Rapid intravenous potassium chloride
- C. Oral sodium bicarbonate alone
- D. Slow intravenous calcium borogluconate
Explanation
Clinical milk fever is acute hypocalcaemia around calving, and slow intravenous calcium borogluconate rapidly restores circulating calcium. Calcium must be administered carefully because rapid infusion can cause cardiac arrhythmias.
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