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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.
The cause of white muscle disease (muscular dystrophy) is a lack of selenium or vitamin E or both. In Minnesota, a lack of vitamin E is more likely to be the cause. Signs are lambs born dead or weak, or lambs that are unable to rise or walk or that do so stiffly. It may affect six- to eight-week-old lambs.