<head></head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text ="#000000" link ="#0000ff" vlink ="#CC6699" alink ="#ff0044"> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="100%"> <tr> <td width="7%"><img src="dotclear.gif" align=top border=0 hspace="20" width="1" height="1"></td> <td width="89%"> <font size=2> <IMG SRC="grasstet.gif" BORDER=0 WIDTH=284 HEIGHT=44> by André Voisin<p> <br> <a href="010106gttables.html">Index of Tables in the book</a><br> <a href="010106gtfigure.html">Index of Figures in the book</a><p> <font size=3> Contents </font><br> <i><a href="010106gtintro.html#foreword">Foreword</a> </i> <br> <p> <font size=3> <a href="010106gtintro.html#intro">Introduction</a></font> <ul> <a href="010106gtintro.html#chap1">Chapter 1</a> Modern farming methods favour the development of grass tetany <br> </ul> Part I: THE SYMPTOMS OF GRASS TETANY AND THE LOSSES IT INCURS <ul> <a href="010106gtchap2.html">Chapter 2</a> Losses caused by grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap3.html">Chapter 3</a> External symptoms of tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap4.html">Chapter 4</a> Lower content of magnesium in the blood serum accompanies grass tetany <br> </ul> Part II: MINERAL BALANCES OF SOIL AND MINERAL BALANCES OF GRASS<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap5.html">Chapter 5</a> Potassium fertilizers have a profound effect on the mineral balance of the grass <br> <a href="010106gtchap6.html">Chapter 6</a> Antagonism between potassium and magnesium in the soil and in the plant<br> <a href="010106gtchap7.html">Chapter 7</a> Influence of magnesium fertilizers on the magnesium content of grass <br> <a href="010106gtchap8.html">Chapter 8</a> Sodium fertilizers and the potassium-sodium balance in grass <br> <a href="010106gtchap9.html">Chapter 9</a> The potassium of liquid manure <br> <a href="010106gtchap10.html">Chapter 10</a> Export of potash by pastures <br> <a href="010106gtchap11.html">Chapter 11</a> Influence of nitrogenous fertilizers on the organic and mineral balance of herbage <br> </ul> Part III: RELATIONS BETWEEN GRASS TETANY AND MAGNESIUM METABOLISM<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap12.html">Chapter 12</a> Resorption of magnesium in the digestive tract and the factors influencing that resorption <br> <a href="010106gtchap13.html">Chapter 13</a> Some physiological effects of magnesium deficiency <br> <a href="010106gtchap14.html">Chapter 14</a> Hypomagnesaemic tetany of milk calves and the magnesium reserves of the organism <br> <a href="010106gtchap15.html">Chapter 15</a> The calcium: magnesium balance of the ration and the role of the phosphates and sulphates in tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap16.html">Chapter 16</a> Hypomagnesaemia caused by under-feeding <br> <a href="010106gtchap17.html">Chapter 17</a> Anatomical lesions in the victims of tetany <br> </ul> Part IV: THE NEURO-HORMONAL BALANCE OF THE ANIMAL AND GRASS TETANY<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap18.html">Chapter 18</a> Adaptation mechanisms in the neuro-hormonal system to imbalances in grass<br> <a href="010106gtchap19.html">Chapter 19</a> Magnesium and neuro-muscular transmission<br> <a href="010106gtchap20.html">Chapter 20</a> Substances sensitizing the neuro-muscular system to the excitatory action of potassium <br> <a href="010106gtchap21.html">Chapter 21</a> Adrenaline, factor triggering tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap22.html">Chapter 22</a> Thyroid, lactation, temperature and magnesium requirements <br> <a href="010106gtchap23.html">Chapter 23</a> Sodium deficiency and its effect on the adrenal cortex <br> <a href="010106gtchap24.html">Chapter 24</a> Influence of the magnesium in the ration on the excretion of magnesium in the urine <br> <a href="010106gtchap25.html">Chapter 25</a> Rapidly growing, very young grass causes excessive production of ammonia in the rumen <br> </ul> Part V: INFLUENCE OF THE MINERAL BALANCES OF SOIL AND HERBAGE ON THE METABOLISM OF THE GRAZING ANIMAL<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap26.html">Chapter 26</a> Mineral imbalances in herbage causing tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap27.html">Chapter 27</a> Effects of potassium fertilizers on the magnesium in the blood serum of the grazing cow <br> <a href="010106gtchap28.html">Chapter 28</a> Influence of nitrogen and magnesium fertilizers on the magnesium in the blood serum of the cow at grass <br> </ul> Part VI: INFLUENCE OF GRAZING METHODS ON TETANY<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap29.html">Chapter 29</a> Putting out to grass: the critical time for grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap30.html">Chapter 30</a> Pasture flora and tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap31.html">Chapter 31</a> Temporary pastures and grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap32.html">Chapter 32</a> Green wheat tetany (wheat poisoning) <br> </ul> Part VII: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS GRASS TETANY<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap33.html">Chapter 33</a> The character of the individual animal and grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap34.html">Chapter 34</a> Influence of external conditions on grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap35.html">Chapter 35</a> Are the characteristics of spring grass tetany different from those of autumn and winter tetany? <br> <a href="010106gtchap36.html">Chapter 36</a> Grass tetany in sheep <br> <a href="010106gtchap37.html">Chapter 37</a> Supplementary feeding as a means of protection against grass tetany <br> </ul> Part VIII: THE CAUSES OF GRASS TETANY IN RETROSPECT<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap38.html">Chapter 38</a> Characteristics of tetanigenic herbage and their origin <br> <a href="010106gtchap39.html">Chapter 39</a> The physiological causes of grass tetany <br> </ul> Part IX: PRACTICAL METHODS OF PROTECTION AGAINST GRASS TETANY<br> <ul> <a href="010106gtchap40.html">Chapter 40</a> Therapeutics of grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtchap41.html">Chapter 41</a> Protective measures on farms affected by grass tetany <br> <a href="010106gtconcl.html"><font size=2>CONCLUSIONS:</font></a> Lessons learnt from Grass Tetany, a metabolic disease 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