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| − | [[Equine Hyperlipidaemia]]
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| − | [[Ovine White Liver Disease]]
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| − | ===associated with derangement of carbohydrate metabolism===
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| − | ====[[DM|Diabetes mellitus]]====
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| − | ====[[Ketosis]]====
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| − | *due to an excessive drain on carbohydrate stores because pregnant and lactating animals have a continuous demand for glucose
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| − | *ketosis results when fat metabolism which occurs in response to the increased energy demand is excessive
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| − | *ketone bodies accumulate in the blood and there is marked fatty change in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]
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| − | *can occur in starvation but commonly seen in two conditions in livestock:
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| − | =====ketosis of cattle (acetonemia)=====
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| − | *occurs in high yielding dairy cows a few weeks postpartum
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| − | *due to excessive loss of glucose in the milk
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| − | *milk yield drops
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| − | *smell of ketones on the breath
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| − | *ketones excreted in the milk
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| − | *self-limiting condition
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| − | =====pregnancy toxaemia in sheep=====
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| − | *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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| − | *clinical signs (neurological)
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| − | **apparent blindness
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| − | **dullness
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| − | **convulsions
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| − | **coma
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| − | *sequelae
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| − | **foetuses die
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| − | **apparent recovery in ewe until toxaemia from the decomposing foetuses results in the ewe's death
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| − | ===associated with anoxia and toxaemia===
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| − | ====anoxia====
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| − | *passive congestion
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| − | *anaemias
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| − | ====toxaemia====
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| − | *toxins absorbed from the gut interfere with many stages of triglyceride metabolism
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