The importance of a study of the ovine fatty liver arises from the frequent reports of this condition in cases of pregnancy toxaemia occurring in the field or induced experimentally (Roderick & Harshfield, 1932 ; Frazer, Godden, Snook & Thomson, 1938-9, 1939-40; Groenewald, Graf, Bekker, Malan & Clark, 1941 ; Underwood, curnow & Shier, 1943). According to Best & Ridout (1933, 1936), Best (1934)...