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milk fever Definition

milk fever

noun

  1. Now Rare mild puerperal fever: so called because erroneously attributed to an accumulation of milk in the breasts
  2. a disease often occurring in dairy cows shortly after calving, characterized by a drop in blood calcium, paralysis, etc.

milk fever Usage Examples

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get: In cows which get milk fever, the control mechanism does not work properly and blood calcium goes on down until symptoms appear.