BCSE - Basic and Clinical Sciences Examination Practice Test
BCSE BCSE - Basic and Clinical Sciences Examination Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Questions and Answers 2
Ruminant grass tetany (hypomagnesemic tetany) occurs primarily due to which mechanism?
Select your answer
A
Rapid grass growth in spring produces low-magnesium forage, and ruminants cannot mobilize bone magnesium stores efficiently
B
Excess dietary calcium blocking magnesium absorption
C
Renal magnesium wasting caused by high potassium intake
D
Primary CNS magnesium depletion independent of diet
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