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=====pregnancy toxaemia in sheep=====
*occurs in ewes in late pregnancy carrying twin lambs ''''twin lamb disease''''
*drain of carbohydrate stores is due to rapidly growing foetuses
*serious condition and highly fatal
*clinical signs (neurological)
**apparent blindness
**dullness
**convulsions
**coma
*sequelae
**foetuses die
**apparent recovery in ewe until toxaemia from the decomposing foetuses results in the ewe's death
[[Category:Liver_-_Degenerative_Pathology]][[Category:Sheep]]