Sheep Ailments/Illnesses

greysides

The answer is here.

davidk1394

greysides wrote: »

The answer is here.

Thanks for that

AnFeirmeoir

Found 2 dead lambs this morning. 2 - 3 weeks old. both had no signs except blood stains from the nose. I dont vaccinate .
They werent hungry
Any diagnosis? anything i can do to prevent further issues? . Up to this i've been flying with no avoidable deaths

westman1

AnFeirmeoir wrote: »

Found 2 dead lambs this morning. 2 - 3 weeks old. both had no signs except blood stains from the nose. I dont vaccinate .
They werent hungry
Any diagnosis? anything i can do to prevent further issues? . Up to this i've been flying with no avoidable deaths

vaccinate............. propably pasturella pneumonia


2 dead lambs =200 euro

Sami23

westman1 wrote: »

vaccinate............. propably pasturella pneumonia


2 dead lambs =200 euro

I vaccinated the ewes about 5 weeks before lambing with Heptavac. Just wondering is there any need to now vaccinate the lambs or are they covered from their mothers ?

rangler1

Sami23 wrote: »

I vaccinated the ewes about 5 weeks before lambing with Heptavac. Just wondering is there any need to now vaccinate the lambs or are they covered from their mothers ?

You need to use Heptavac P+ to cover for pasturella pneumonia, giving the ewes those vaccines should cover the lambs for at least 6 weeks from birth for pneumonia and 10 weeks for the clostridial diseases.

AnFeirmeoir

so if you were in my situation... lambs between 0 and 3 weeks old and never vacinated and want to start ..where do you start ? just vacinate lambs now and ewes later in the year?

greysides

Ovipast Plus


Indications for use
For the active immunisation of sheep as an aid in the control of pasteurellosis caused by M.haemolytica and P.trehalosi. The vaccine maybe used as an aid in the control of pneumonic pasteurellosis in sheep of all ages from a minimum age of 3 weeks and in the control of systemic pasteurellosis in weaned fattening and breeding sheep.
The vaccine may be used in pregnant ewes as an aid in the control of pasteurellosis in their lambs provided that the lambs receive sufficient immune colostrum during the first 1-2 days of life.

westman1

lambs no point under 2 weeks ewes once in autumn then again 5-6 weeks before lambing .i repeat my lambs from 5-8 weeks after lambing and any lambs left in october but thats just me

Username John

westman1 wrote: »

lambs no point under 2 weeks ewes once in autumn then again 5-6 weeks before lambing .i repeat my lambs from 5-8 weeks after lambing and any lambs left in october but thats just me

You vaccinate the ewes before lambing, then the lambs at around 8 weeks, than whatever is left in Oct...
Seems a lot.
But I guess the flip side one dead lamb would buy a good bottle of vaccine...

I do the ewes before lambing and that's it.

rangler1

Username John wrote: »

You vaccinate the ewes before lambing, then the lambs at around 8 weeks, than whatever is left in Oct...
Seems a lot.
But I guess the flip side one dead lamb would buy a good bottle of vaccine...

I do the ewes before lambing and that's it.

Same here, but if I have a couple sudden deaths in the lambs I vaccinate again.....very seldom need to do the lambs

westman1

I do the ewes before lambing and that's it.


i used to get away with that but was loosing one or two reaLLY GOOD ones so have increased times

AnFeirmeoir

Looking for a diagnosis

Have a hogget with what looks like more than 1 sore foot . Plus she is lifting 1 front leg way too high when walking. Also puts it down on the knuckle sometimes
Her feet look ok to me , hooves a bit soft but that's it . Treated them anyway . She's the same for about 4 days now no worse or better . Gave alymicin in case

MayoAreMagic

I have had a couple of ewes lambing with very large udders of milk, and in particular, swelled teats. I have been milking them out and feeding their lambs on a bottle, and they are slowly learning to suck from their mothers. My question is what is the clinical cause of this, what is it called, and can it be avoided the following year? (Sorry, that is 3 questions )
I never used to have this at all, but it has popped up a few times in the last few years.

Username John

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

I have had a couple of ewes lambing with very large udders of milk, and in particular, swelled teats. I have been milking them out and feeding their lambs on a bottle, and they are slowly learning to suck from their mothers. My question is what is the clinical cause of this, what is it called, and can it be avoided the following year? (Sorry, that is 3 questions )
I never used to have this at all, but it has popped up a few times in the last few years.

Is a genetic thing - could it be traced to a particular ram?

Dickie10

has anyone ever seem a lamb (8 weeks old) with a dirty arse, anyone ever seen one pass out a full worm? i was just down the field herding and as im dosing them tommorrow for worms for the first time this season i said i would inspect the dung the lamb had just passed, he just after doing it as i walked up, i had a look, and between some very liquid sh*t was a massive worm, looked a bit like a tapeworm, it was about 4 inches long x a half inch wide and was moving still. jaysus any wonder i thought the lambs wernt thriving for their age. i put it down to the turn in weather. anyway dosing them all in the morning with trabazole 2.5%. what was the worm i seen?

rangler1

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

I have had a couple of ewes lambing with very large udders of milk, and in particular, swelled teats. I have been milking them out and feeding their lambs on a bottle, and they are slowly learning to suck from their mothers. My question is what is the clinical cause of this, what is it called, and can it be avoided the following year? (Sorry, that is 3 questions )
I never used to have this at all, but it has popped up a few times in the last few years.

What age are the ewes, you'll get it in older ewes, particularly texel, but also other breeds. anyway it's not unusual, but it's a cullable offence here anyway

rangler1

Dickie10 wrote: »

has anyone ever seem a lamb (8 weeks old) with a dirty arse, anyone ever seen one pass out a full worm? i was just down the field herding and as im dosing them tommorrow for worms for the first time this season i said i would inspect the dung the lamb had just passed, he just after doing it as i walked up, i had a look, and between some very liquid sh*t was a massive worm, looked a bit like a tapeworm, it was about 4 inches long x a half inch wide and was moving still. jaysus any wonder i thought the lambs wernt thriving for their age. i put it down to the turn in weather. anyway dosing them all in the morning with trabazole 2.5%. what was the worm i seen?

It probably is a tapeworm, I don't think normal worm drenches kill them, ordinary worms aren't usually visible in the dung and they wouldn't be that size anyway

greysides

Almost certainly a tapeworm. Thiabendazole is meant to kill them. Usually they're considered harmless unless present in huge numbers.

rangler1

greysides wrote: »

Almost certainly a tapeworm. Thiabendazole is meant to kill them. Usually they're considered harmless unless present in huge numbers.

Yea, just looked it up, you're right, Thiabendazole does kill them, and as you say they seem to be harmless, despite the look of em

Dickie10

lord hard to believe such a thing could be harmless, awful looking creature, like something out of the x-files! my lambs do need a worm dose though now , prob should have got it 2 weeks ago. i think il worm the ewes this year to try and break the worm cycle would anyone else worm ewes?

MayoAreMagic

rangler1 wrote: »

What age are the ewes, you'll get it in older ewes, particularly texel, but also other breeds. anyway it's not unusual, but it's a cullable offence here anyway

Thanks.
Ya I have often heard of it alright. This last lady would be around 5 - not that old really. Was just wondering if anyone had any more info on it, like what causes it, is it any relation to mastitis, can it be treated and what would be best to treat it with, how likely is it to come back etc.

IH784man

Have a ewe with triplets after lambing yesterday,really good bag on her,there's on fairly big lamb with her and two smaller ones,their under a lamp but I noticed one of the smaller lambs has a lump on his right hand side beside his back leg on his belly,it pretty big and its soft enough.Any ideas what it is?

rangler1

IH784man wrote: »

Have a ewe with triplets after lambing yesterday,really good bag on her,there's on fairly big lamb with her and two smaller ones,their under a lamp but I noticed one of the smaller lambs has a lump on his right hand side beside his back leg on his belly,it pretty big and its soft enough.Any ideas what it is?

It could be a hole that's letting the intestines out through the muscle.......like a hernia, we get a bit of that here.

IH784man

rangler1 wrote: »

It could be a hole that's letting the intestines out through the muscle.......like a hernia, we get a bit of that here.

What's the best way to cure this?

rangler1

IH784man wrote: »

What's the best way to cure this?

If that's what it is, a vet would probably fix it, usually too busy to do anything about it here, got one done here just cos the vet was out and he died