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Index of Figures in the book

Contents
Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 Modern farming methods favour the development of grass tetany

Chapter 2 Losses caused by grass tetany
Chapter 3 External symptoms of tetany
Chapter 4 Lower content of magnesium in the blood serum accompanies grass tetany

Chapter 5 Potassium fertilizers have a profound effect on the mineral balance of the grass
Chapter 6 Antagonism between potassium and magnesium in the soil and in the plant
Chapter 7 Influence of magnesium fertilizers on the magnesium content of grass
Chapter 8 Sodium fertilizers and the potassium-sodium balance in grass
Chapter 9 The potassium of liquid manure
Chapter 10 Export of potash by pastures
Chapter 11 Influence of nitrogenous fertilizers on the organic and mineral balance of herbage

Chapter 12 Resorption of magnesium in the digestive tract and the factors influencing that resorption
Chapter 13 Some physiological effects of magnesium deficiency
Chapter 14 Hypomagnesaemic tetany of milk calves and the magnesium reserves of the organism
Chapter 15 The calcium: magnesium balance of the ration and the role of the phosphates and sulphates in tetany
Chapter 16 Hypomagnesaemia caused by under-feeding
Chapter 17 Anatomical lesions in the victims of tetany

Chapter 18 Adaptation mechanisms in the neuro-hormonal system to imbalances in grass
Chapter 19 Magnesium and neuro-muscular transmission
Chapter 20 Substances sensitizing the neuro-muscular system to the excitatory action of potassium
Chapter 21 Adrenaline, factor triggering tetany
Chapter 22 Thyroid, lactation, temperature and magnesium requirements
Chapter 23 Sodium deficiency and its effect on the adrenal cortex
Chapter 24 Influence of the magnesium in the ration on the excretion of magnesium in the urine
Chapter 25 Rapidly growing, very young grass causes excessive production of ammonia in the rumen

Chapter 26 Mineral imbalances in herbage causing tetany
Chapter 27 Effects of potassium fertilizers on the magnesium in the blood serum of the grazing cow
Chapter 28 Influence of nitrogen and magnesium fertilizers on the magnesium in the blood serum of the cow at grass

Chapter 29 Putting out to grass: the critical time for grass tetany
Chapter 30 Pasture flora and tetany
Chapter 31 Temporary pastures and grass tetany
Chapter 32 Green wheat tetany (wheat poisoning)

Chapter 33 The character of the individual animal and grass tetany
Chapter 34 Influence of external conditions on grass tetany
Chapter 35 Are the characteristics of spring grass tetany different from those of autumn and winter tetany?
Chapter 36 Grass tetany in sheep
Chapter 37 Supplementary feeding as a means of protection against grass tetany

Chapter 38 Characteristics of tetanigenic herbage and their origin
Chapter 39 The physiological causes of grass tetany

Chapter 40 Therapeutics of grass tetany
Chapter 41 Protective measures on farms affected by grass tetany
CONCLUSIONS: Lessons learnt from Grass Tetany, a metabolic disease caused by the soil
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Omitted from the on-line edition)