Metabolic diseases

Abstract

The most important metabolic disease associated with intensive grassland production and utilization in Northern Ireland is grass tetany. Grass tetany or hypomagnesaemic tetany was recognized in the early decades of this century in Europe and probably appeared in the British Isles in the early 1920's. There has been a steady increase in incidence over the years, and this would seem to be related to an increase in productivity, both in terms of output from the animal and from pasture.