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