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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
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− | *can occur in starvation but commonly seen in two conditions in livestock:
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− | [[Ketosis of Cattle]]
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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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− | *toxins absorbed from the gut interfere with many stages of triglyceride metabolism
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