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Post Parturient Haemoglobinuria

Post Parturient Haemoglobinuria is also known as Hypophosphataemia, Red Water disease, Lahu-Mutna and Nutritional Haemoglobinuria.
It is a metabolic disease of high producing dairy cows (2-4 weeks) occuring soon after calving is characterised by intravascular  haemolysis, haemoglobinuria and profound anaemia. This does not occur commonly in beef cattle. Only adult dairy cows develop the typical haemolytic syndrome usually in the period of 2-4 weeks after calving. This is an endemic disease in buffaloes.
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