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| '''Twin Lamb Disease'''
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==Description==
 
==Description==
=====pregnancy toxaemia in sheep=====
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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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