Pregnancy toxaemia of ewes. A literature review


Published: Jan 31, 2018
Keywords:
pregnancy toxaemia gestation reproduction sheep
N. PANOUSIS (Ν. ΠΑΝΟΥΣΗΣ)
C. BROZOS (Χ. ΜΠΡΟΖΟΣ)
G. C. FTHENAKIS (Γ. Χ. ΦΘΕΝΑΚΗΣ)
C. KARATZIAS (Χ. ΚΑΡΑΤΖΙΑΣ)
Abstract

Pregnancy toxaemia is a metabolic disorder of ewes, occurring at the final stage of pregnancy. In this review article, the literature on the aetiology and the pathogenesis of the disease is reviewed, the clinical, laboratory and postmortem findings are described, the diagnosis is presented and the control of the disease is discussed.

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