Parturient paresis is an acute to peracute, afebrile, flaccid paralysis of mature dairy cows that occurs most commonly at or soon after parturition. It is manifest by changes in mentation, generalized paresis, and circulatory collapse.

What is Parturient paresis in cows caused by?

parturient paresis, also called milk fever, in cattle, a disorder characterized by abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood (hypocalcemia). It occurs in cows most commonly within three days after they have calved, at a time when the cow's production of milk has put a severe strain on its calcium stores.

What are the characteristics of Parturient paresis?

Parturient paresis is a complex metabolic disease characterized by the development of severe hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia near parturition and the initiation of lactation in dairy cattle.