title: Weakness in the newborn calf.
abstract: The peak time period for the average beef producer to experience the majority of calf losses has consistently been from the time of birth through the first seven days of life. Weakness is a principal clinical sign of diseases or conditions responsible for mortality including birth trauma, prematurity or dysmaturity, congenital malformations, metabolic defects, intrauterine infection, anoxia or hypoxia, hypothermia, starvation, extremes in birth weight, and post-natal infection. This article discusses anoxia/hypoxia and septicemia in greater detail because of their involvement as a common cause of weakness in the newborn calf.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kasari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*