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Descriptor English: Parturient Paresis
Descriptor Spanish: Parálisis de la Parturienta
Descriptor parálisis de la parturienta
Entry term(s) fiebre láctica animal
Scope note: Enfermedad de las vacas y ovejas preñadas y que amamantan que produce paresia generalizada y muerte. La enfermedad, que se caracteriza por hipocalcemia, aparece durante o poco después del parto en vacas y durante las semanas previas al parto o después del mismo en las ovejas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Paresia Puerperal
Descriptor French: Fièvre vitulaire
Entry term(s): Animal Milk Fever
Fever, Animal Milk
Milk Fever, Animal
Pareses, Parturient
Paresis, Parturient
Parturient Pareses
Tree number(s): C22.695
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010319
Scope note: A disease of pregnant and lactating cows and ewes leading to generalized paresis and death. The disease, which is characterized by hypocalcemia, occurs at or shortly after parturition in cows and within weeks before or after parturition in ewes.
Annotation: animal only, exper or vet; in cows & ewes: check tags ANIMALS + FEMALE + PREGNANCY & don't forget CATTLE DISEASES (IM) + CATTLE (NIM) or SHEEP DISEASES (IM) + SHEEP (NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Hypocalcemia/veterinary (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 10511
Unique ID: D010319
NLM Classification: SF 967.M5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2003/07/30
Parturient Paresis - Preferred
Concept UI M0015992
Scope note A disease of pregnant and lactating cows and ewes leading to generalized paresis and death. The disease, which is characterized by hypocalcemia, occurs at or shortly after parturition in cows and within weeks before or after parturition in ewes.
Preferred term Parturient Paresis
Entry term(s) Animal Milk Fever
Fever, Animal Milk
Milk Fever, Animal
Pareses, Parturient
Paresis, Parturient
Parturient Pareses



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