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DISABILITY and death in ewes during late pregnancy and the puerperium due to toxæmia of pregnancy (twin-lamb disease) are an important cause of loss to the sheep industry in most of the principal sheep-raising countries of the world1.
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PARRY, H. Prevention of Toxæmia of Late Pregnancy in Sheep. Nature 177, 288–289 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177288a0
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