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Puerperal Fever. A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. [Webster]
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| milk fever |
Substantial reduction in plasma calcium which interferes with nerve transmission, causing partial or almost total paralysis occurring at or just giving birth and initiation of lactation.
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| milk fever |
An old term for fever occurring following childbirth. It used to be caused by excessive milk in the breast, but is now known to be caused by an infection in the uterus following childbirth.
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| milk fever |
Disease from drinking contaminated milk.
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