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AWEX EMI
1456
-61
Micron 17
2088
-94
Micron 18
1940
-105
Micron 19
1771
-88
Micron 20
1688
-64
Micron 21
1668
-65
Micron 26
875
-53
Micron 28
670
-33
Micron 30
577
-20
Micron 32
477
-
Micron 16.5
2120
-90
MCar
771
-20
Calcium and magnesium deficiencies in pregnant and lactating ewes
Clinical calcium deficiency (hypocalcaemia or milk fever) can result in ewe deaths either during the last six weeks of pregnancy or during the first month after lambing. Symptoms include muscle tremors, being unable to rise and subsequent death. Clinical magnesium deficiency (hypomagnesaemia or grass tetany) can result in ewe deaths, typically when ewes are grazing grass-dominant pastures or cereal crops in winter and early spring. Symptoms include staggering, incoordination and sudden death. Hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia can cause ewe mortalities, and lambs from affected ewes will usually die. Lambing difficulty and complications from birth may also be increased, reducing survival.
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