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| + | | Also known as: |
| + | | '''Twin Lamb Disease''' |
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | =====pregnancy toxaemia in sheep=====
| + | Adisease affecting ewes during the last few weeks of gestation. Mainly affects twin or multiple bearing ewes. The condition occurs when the ewe does not recieve adequate energy supply during a time when the rapidly growing foetuses drain carbohydrate stores. It is a serious condition which can be fatal. |
− | *occurs in ewes in late pregnancy carrying twin lambs ''''twin lamb disease''''
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− | *drain of carbohydrate stores is due to rapidly growing foetuses
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− | *serious condition and highly fatal
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