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OVINE PREGNANCY TOXAEMIA. III. Further Evidence of the Correlation of Depth of Hypoglycaemia and Induction of Symptoms
Author(s) -
McClymont G. L.,
Setchell B. P.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1956.tb14851.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , encephalopathy , ketone bodies , obstetrics , physiology , endocrinology , biology , metabolism , genetics
Summary. Two further instances are presented of significantly lower blood glucose levels in underfed and fasted pregnant ewes which developed pregnancy toxaemia, in comparison with those that remained normal. There was no significant difference in blood ketone levels. A high rate of spontaneous recovery, despite continued fasting, but associated with an increased blood glucose level, provides further evidence of the reversability of the encephalopathy of pregnancy toxaemia in early cases. It is considered that the data provide additional support for the tentative identification of pregnancy toxaemia as a hypoglycaemic encephalopathy.