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Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 324, 22 October 1940, Page 3

Milk Fever in Herds, The heavy toll of dairy herds in South Taranaki due to milk fever is by no means confined to the North Island. Otago herds have been seriously affected by an epidemic which is causing concern because of the high mortality rate. A Dunedin veterinary surgeon who lias had considerable- experience with milk fever both in New Zealand and abroad, states that the high death rate in New Zealand is to the fact that in a great number of cases the sickness is associated with complications such as “grass staggering.” Much of the trouble, however, is caused by delay in administering treatment. Modern methods can obtairf a complete cure even in complicated cases provided advice is obtained at the onset of the sickness,