Archive Case #69: Caprine Pregnancy Toxaemia

Clinical Clues

1. A heavily pregnant doe carrying multiple fetuses is found isolated and reluctant to rise.
2. The owner reports she has eaten poorly for two days and now seems disoriented.
3. Examination reveals depression, weakness, and a sweet ketone odour on the breath.
4. She intermittently presses her head against the wall and appears neurologic.
5. Blood testing identifies hypoglycaemia with marked ketosis.
6. Negative energy balance in late gestation can cause severe metabolic disease in does carrying multiple kids.

Diagnosis

Caprine Pregnancy Toxaemia

This case is most consistent with Caprine Pregnancy Toxaemia because the late-gestation doe has anorexia, ketone production, neurologic depression, and hypoglycaemia. The most important clues are the multiple pregnancy, reduced feed intake, and metabolic findings, which strongly support pregnancy toxaemia.

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