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There are two levels of this disease, subacute and acute. In the subacute form, animals show signs of incoordination, weakness, tremors, blindness, and depression. In the acute form, lambs are found dead or comatose, experiencing involuntary muscle contractions or seizures.
For lambs that are older than 24 hours, hypothermia usually is a result of starvation. Without energy from milk, lambs become hypoglycemic, then hypothermic and may die. Treatment for these situations is similar to that used for the newborn, with the exception that older lambs need not receive colostrum.