Lamb white muscle disease

Selenium and vitamin E protect muscle cells. When they are missing, the muscle fibers deteriorate: at autopsy, they appear pale, whitish, hence the name of the disease. It affects lambs and kids, often in great shape and growing, whose mothers received a ration low in selenium or vitamin E during gestation. Two forms exist. The shape of the movement muscles makes the lamb stiff and unable to stand up. The form of the heart muscle and respiratory muscles kills within hours, sometimes without any prior signs. Like the other diseases in this batch, it is prevented by breeding management.

📷 Lucien Mahin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons ; L. Mahin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons ; USDAgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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