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“Pregnancy Problems Of Ewe” 1
Presented to: Dr. Kashif Ishaq Presented By: 14-Arid-2022 14-Arid-2025
Evening B Group
Contents…! 2
• Introduction of Ewe• Puberty• Pregnancy• Pragnancy problems• Source from taken data
Ewe 3
“ The female of the sheep especially when it fully mature”.
• A member of a people of Togo and Ghana, in western Africa, the Kwa language spoken by the Ewe people.
Pic of Ewe 4
Puberty 5
• Ewes generally reach Puberty at six to eight months of age .
• Puberty is when a ewe reaches sexual maturity and exhibits estrus (heat) for the first time.
• The age of puberty is influenced by breed, genetic selection, body size,
nutrition, and season of birth.
Pregnancy 6
The average gestation length in sheep varies from 142 to 152 days.
• The average is 147 days.• There are breed differences in gestation
length.
Pragnancy problems 7
01. Pregnancy toxaemia 02. Hypocalcaemia 03. Hypomagnesaemia
01.Pregnancy toxaemia 8
• ketosis, pregnancy toxemia• Pregnancy toxaemia occurs when low levels
of glucose in the blood, damage the brain and result in dehydration, kidney failure and potentially death.
• It usually occurs in the last weeks of pregnancy.
Causes 9
not receive enough nutrition.• In Western Australia, autumn is a precarious time
for ewes dry feed is minimal and the pregnant ewe’s nutritional needs are increasing, making her susceptible to pregnancy toxaemia.
Symptoms 10
• standing apart from the flock• not grazing • not coming to the trough at feeding time.
Treatment 11
• Propylene glycol can be given orally that acts as a precursor to glucose
• administering IV dextrose
02. Hypocalcaemia 12
(Also known as Milk Fever)• It can occur in late pregnancy. • The condition can be induced by some form of
stress with her normal metabolism low blood calcium.
Symptoms 13
• in the early stages the ewe difficult walk
• Her pupils will be dilated, As the condition progresses, she will become recumbent, or with her chin on the ground unable to raise her head and she may start to produce a frothy fluid from her mouth and nose.
Diagnosis 14
• Because a significant Ca albumin
Treatment 15
• administered as calcium borogluconate IV (50–150 mL of a 23% solution)
03. Hypomagnesaemia 16
(Also known as Grass Staggers) • Fast-growing spring grass is often very low in
magnesium, especially if it has been heavily fertilised with nitrogen and potash fertiliser, resulting in low blood magnesium in the ewe
Symptoms 17
• animals will appear over-alert • if left untreated the condition progresses
quickly, • causing excitability and spasms, or
convulsions, leading to collapse and death in a few hours
Treatment 18
.• 1. Slow intravenous injection of calcium
borogluconate and magnesium sulphate• 2. Further subcutaneous injection of a solution
containing a higher concentration of magnesium.
Picture 19
Source 20• Helen A. Swartz, State Sheep, Goat and Small
Livestock Specialist• Merck & Co (2008) The Merck Veterinary
Manual (Eighth Edition) Merial (Pregnancy Toxaemia)
• Durlach, J; Bac, P; Durlach, V; Bara, M; Guiet-Bara, A (June 1997). "Neurotic, neuromuscular and autonomic nervous form of magnesium imbalance". Magnesium research (International Society for the Development of Research on Magnesium) (Hypocalcaemia)
Source 21
• Foster, A. (2007) Farm Animal Practice: Magnesium disorders in ruminants In Practice 29:534-539 (Hypomagnesaemia)