A 7-day-old Piedmontese calf has shown progressive lethargy and muscle weakness since birth. Upon clinical examination, the animal is in obligatory lateral recumbency, with a depressed sensorium and an absent suckle reflex. The history reports a prolonged parturition, administration of colostrum, and subsequent feedings of milk replacer and rehydrating solutions via tube; there is no diarrhea. Rectal temperature is 38.2 °C, with no umbilical or respiratory pathologies present.
