Pregnancy Toxemia In Goats
Pregnancy Toxemia, more commonly known as Ketosis, or Twin Lamb Disease (in small ruminants) is a metabolic disease affecting pregnant females during the last trimesters of pregnancy. Negative Energy Balance (NEB) is the underlying mechanism, which makes pregnancy toxemia prevalent mostly among high-yielding females carrying twins, triplets or quadruplets. Whereas in dairy cattle ketosis is … Read more