. 2019 Aug 29;86(1):1742. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v86i1.1742

TABLE 3.

Mean serum magnesium concentrations in cows presenting abortion, downer cow syndrome and dystocia in different breeds.

Condition	Breed	Mg (Mean ± SE)	p
Abortion	Afrikaner	0.57 ± 0.19^*	0.0033
	Bonsmara	0.61 ± 0.32	0.1231
	Brahman	0.67 ± 0.13	0.1000
	Drakensberger	0.67 ± 0.26	0.1518
	Nguni	0.84 ± 0.23	0.1250
Downer cow syndrome	Charolaise	0.46 ± 0.33	0.1637
Downer cow syndrome	Mixed	1.33 ± 0.23^**	< 0.0001
Dystocia	Mixed	2.12 ± 0.23^***	< 0.0001

Note: Low mean concentrations of magnesium were observed in aborting (0.57 ± 0.19 mmol/L) Afrikaner cows (p < 0.05), as shown in Table 3. In addition, high mean concentrations of magnesium in mixed breed cows were detected in downer cow syndrome (1.33 ± 0.23 mmol/L) and dystocia (2.12 ± 0.23 mmol/L) cases, as indicated in Table 3.

Mg, magnesium.

^*,**,***

, Means with superscripts in each row are significantly different (p < 0.05). Magnesium reference range (0.6–1.2 mmol/L) was extracted from Ode, Adamu & Saror (2017).