TY  - JOUR
T1  - Incidence and Clinical Study Ovine Pregnancy Toxemia in Al-Hassa Region, Saudi Arabia
AU - , Abdul-Aziz M. Al-Mujalli 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SP  - 210
EP  - 212
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.210.212
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.210.212
KW  - Pregnancy toxemia
KW  -ewes
KW  -glucose
KW  -Saudi Arabia
AB  - Retrospective data concerning the occurrence of pregnancy toxemia in ewes presented to Veterinary Teaching  Hospital,  King Faisal University from 1992-2003 was obtained. Twenty seven ewes presented to same clinic in 2004 with the suspicious of pregnancy toxemia were subjected to clinical and laboratory examinations. Blood samples for glucose level determination were taken from the 6 ewes proved to have pregnancy toxemia. At the same time blood samples were collected from 6 healthy non pregnant and 6 healthy pregnant  ewes  as  control.  The  incidence  of  pregnancy  toxemia  in  the  12  years recorded ranges between 6.5-37%. The  highest  incidence  was  reported  in  1998  (37%), while  the  lowest  incidence  was  reported in 2003 (6.5%). The clinical manifestations showed by the 6 animals proved to have disease were mainly nervous manifestations. The level of blood glucose in ewes with pregnancy toxemia was 1.02±0.14 mmol L <SUP>1</SUP>, while in healthy non pregnant and pregnant was 2.95±0.65 mmol L <SUP>1</SUP> and 2.7±0.14 mmol L <SUP>1</SUP>, respectively. It could be concluded that the incidence of the disease in reported years is low to moderate and the disease has significant effect of blood glucose level.
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