Domsiekte or pregnancy disease in sheep. IV. The effect of obesity on the reaction of sheep to a sudden reduction in diet

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Clark, R.

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Pretoria : The Government Printer

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1. Obesity is a potent factor in the causation of "pregnancy disease" or domsiekte. 2. In the absence of fatal acetonaemia, prolonged semi-starvation of sheep causes a gradual decrease in the circulating lymphocytes without affecting the neutrophiles.

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Veterinary medicine

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Clark, R 1943, 'Domsiekte or pregnancy disease in sheep. IV. The effect of obesity on the reaction of sheep to a sudden reduction in diet’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 18, nos. 1 & 2, pp. 279-288.