Major metabolic disorders of sheep: what is new and what can we do?

Hypocalcaemia is usually seen in late gestation. As with ovine pregnancy toxaemia, it tends to occur in the last 6 weeks of pregnancy. Parturient paresis, caused by hypocalcaemia, is rare in sheep but...

The recumbent ewe

Hypocalcaemia is commonly seen in ewes in late pregnancy (last 6 weeks of gestation), and may also occur sporadically in early lactation. The pathophysiology is similar to that of milk fever in cows,...