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joint ill in lambs one month old

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  • 19-04-2012 8:49pm
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    Poor Farmer in the hills
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    i have a number of my best lambs taking joint ill most about a month old.
    They are on good grass with their mothers and nothing is being fed. I thaught joint ill was normally in young lambs in lambing pens or in dirty conditions


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    Rovi
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    Sounds odd for strong lambs outdoors all right, have you had your vet have a look?


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    rancher
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    Poor Farmer in the hills wrote: »
    i have a number of my best lambs taking joint ill most about a month old.
    They are on good grass with their mothers and nothing is being fed. I thaught joint ill was normally in young lambs in lambing pens or in dirty conditions
    Are you sure it's joint ill, have they a high temperature, lame lambs of that age can look very crippled at that age.


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    snowman707
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    rancher wrote: »
    Are you sure it's joint ill, have they a high temperature, lame lambs of that age can look very crippled at that age.

    we got a lot of scalds which really humped them


    OP by any chance did you ear tag the lambs ? has been mentioned as a source of infection


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    foyle
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    Give them alamycin....that will sort them out. It happens to outdoor healthy lambs during wet, cold weather


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    Rovi
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    foyle wrote: »
    Give them alamycin....
    As a POM, the OP will have to get that (or a prescription for it) from their vet, who will in any case be much better placed (and qualified!) than any of us in Internetland to provide a specific diagnosis.


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    razor8
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    did you tail dock them or anything like that lately. make sure and check its not scald from long wet grass first


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    Poor Farmer in the hills
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    took acouple of lambs to the vet diagnosed joint ill and gave me linco spectin
    No bother curing the lambs but wonder why they got it in first place. vet had no answer for me


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    LostCovey
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    Poor Farmer in the hills wrote: »
    No bother curing the lambs but wonder why they got it in first place.

    Ticks?


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    HillFarmer
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    How do you kinow if a lamb has joint ill.?

    I lamb outdoors (Scotch ewes) and I have 3 lambs with swollen front knee joints on one leg.

    Is this joint ill ?

    I've only had sheep for 4 years and this is the first time I have seen it.
    I don't dip their navels.


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    Poor Farmer in the hills
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    should not be ticks all treated with vector


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    Poor Farmer in the hills
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    Hillfarmer it sounds very much like joint ill . No explaination for it seems to be a lot this year. Give linco spectin every day to cure it


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    LostCovey
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    Poor Farmer in the hills wrote: »
    Give linco spectin every day to cure it

    Does the safety of this not depend on their age?


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