If the cow is not supplied with a balanced ration, this could pass rickets onto the calf when born.
Rickets is a disease of the bony growth plate and thus only affects young, growing animals. The most common causes are dietary insufficiencies of phosphorus or vitamin D. Calcium deficiencies can also cause rickets, and while this rarely occurs naturally, poorly balanced diets deficient in calcium have been said to cause the disease. Rickets is when growth plates are widened and irregular, and joints appear enlarged. Correction of the diet is the primary treatment for rickets.
Rickets is a disease of the bony growth plate and thus only affects young, growing animals. The most common causes are dietary insufficiencies of phosphorus or vitamin D. Calcium deficiencies can also cause rickets, and while this rarely occurs naturally, poorly balanced diets deficient in calcium have been said to cause the disease. Rickets is when growth plates are widened and irregular, and joints appear enlarged. Correction of the diet is the primary treatment for rickets.