Subclinical hypocalcemia may affect half of all multiparous cows, and clinical hypocalcemia or milk fever affects approximately 5% of dairy cows each year. This disorder of calcium homeostasis can be induced by several dietary factors. Recent studies implicate high dietary potassium and high dietary
A nation-wide survey for five "hormone receptor diseases" was carried out. For the first survey, an inquiry was sent to all hospitals in Japan having more than 200 beds, in order to determine how many patients there were between 1968-1977. A further detailed survey was carried out on patients who