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| | + | [[Pregnancy Toxaemia]] |
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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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