Difference between revisions of "Pregnancy Toxaemia"
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=====pregnancy toxaemia in sheep===== | =====pregnancy toxaemia in sheep===== | ||
*occurs in ewes in late pregnancy carrying twin lambs ''''twin lamb disease'''' | *occurs in ewes in late pregnancy carrying twin lambs ''''twin lamb disease'''' | ||
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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