Milk fever

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA type of fever caused by infection, occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation).

2.nounAn acute metabolic disorder occurring at the start of lactation and caused by calcium deficiency, which primarily affects dairy cows.

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