Dead Lamb

karolmc100

Can anybody tell me what caused the death of lamb as shown in attachment below

premier10

Appears the ewe licked the naval too much and its stomach atarted to come out

Mac Taylor

karolmc100 wrote: »

Can anybody tell me what caused the death of lamb as shown in attachment below

I'm no vet but is it a burst navel? I've seen it with an over eager cow and her newborn calf.

premier10

Possibly, not sure. Sometimes a ewe/cow will tug too much on the navel and before you know the lamb/calf bleeds out or the cord comes out and bring some stomach. have seen it in cattle and sheep.

ganmo

karolmc100 wrote: »

Can anybody tell me what caused the death of lamb as shown in attachment below

Is that cleanings or guts?

Looks like a big lamb

karolmc100

ganmo wrote: »

Is that cleanings or guts?

Looks like a big lamb

Guts

karolmc100

karolmc100 wrote: »

Guts

Guts just another point the ewe. Didn't clean cud not find any ewe with blood or cleaning comeing

Cran

have had a few of these over the years, think the official term is umbilical hernia. You can stitch them and they may live, dont think I've ever had one make it

jmrc

over eager mother combined with hernia.... IMO.
always seen it on bigger lambs too for some reason...

Green farmer

Something I've mentioned before on boards, but if you lived near any department district labs, you can take the lambs for autopsy. Something I often do often as helps me reduce losses or spot outbreaks of things. It's cheap and can provide useful info.

grassroot1

From my own experience by the time results are back, lambing would be well over.