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AWEX EMI
1565
+112
Micron 17
2283
+205
Micron 18
2115
+150
Micron 19
1931
+151
Micron 20
1825
+137
Micron 21
1776
+106
Micron 25
1038n
+60
Micron 26
950
+75
Micron 28
735
+65
Micron 30
598n
+23
Micron 32
492n
+27
Micron 16.5
2327
+195
MCar
791
+7
Hypocalcaemia fact sheet
Hypocalcaemia is caused by the animal being unable to mobilise calcium from the bone quickly enough to maintain normal blood calcium levels, or when compounds (known as oxalates) bind up the calcium in the blood. Ewes in their last six weeks of pregnancy and in the first month of lactation are most at risk as during this time the ewe is providing calcium for lamb bone development and milk production. Older ewes are more susceptible to hypocalcaemia.
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