Sick lambs

arctictree

Had a sick lamb die on me a couple of weeks ago. Today, I have another one down. This one can just about walk but she is very thin. Have given her a drink and some nuts which she is eating but she seems to be getting weaker and weaker. They were vaccinated twice with Heptavac earlier in the year. Any ideas?

ganmo

When were they last dosed?

arctictree

ganmo wrote: »

When were they last dosed?

Dosed them in July. Am due to dose them again this weekend. Not enough do you think?

razor8

You really need to get a fec test done. What dose did you use in July?

It could be fluke, worms or minerals is causing the problem

How are the rest of the lambs doing?

ganmo

arctictree wrote: »

Dosed them in July. Am due to dose them again this weekend. Not enough do you think?

Lost lambs this time of year a couple of years ago and Lab said it was worms. They were clean at the back end too

arctictree

razor8 wrote: »

You really need to get a fec test done. What dose did you use in July?

It could be fluke, worms or minerals is causing the problem

How are the rest of the lambs doing?

Used Supaverm in July (30th). Some of the other lambs are looking weak but not dirty. Am going to dose them all on Saturday and take the smallest ones beside the house for feeding....

razor8

arctictree wrote: »

Used Supaverm in July. Some of the other lambs are looking weak but not dirty. Am going to dose them all on Saturday and take the smallest ones beside the house for feeding....

have you gave any minerals to them at all this year?

arctictree

razor8 wrote: »

have you gave any minerals to them at all this year?

No, I'll leave a mineral bucket with them maybe?

razor8

Get a cobalt drench into them, need levels built up quickly if very low

You should still do a fec test or you'll have same problems every year unless you know what to target

Sheep breeder

A lot of lambs around this year with lower gut worm burden and losses with lambs going like shells in a couple of days and get down and unable to rise and need to dose with a levisol yellow wormer.the end of July is a long time to now not to dose lambs, we would be dosing lambs for keeping every 3 weeks and will mineral bolus now instead of mineral drenching.

rangler1

Sheep breeder wrote: »

A lot of lambs around this year with lower gut worm burden and losses with lambs going like shells in a couple of days and get down and unable to rise and need to dose with a levisol yellow wormer.the end of July is a long time to now not to dose lambs, we would be dosing lambs for keeping every 3 weeks and will mineral bolus now instead of mineral drenching.

Worms in lambs is getting to be a huge problem on some farms and the article inside the back page of the journal ''never waste a dead sheep'' is highlighting it this week.
Worm numbers rose very quick this autumn.....even after doses that worked and resistance is building to most doses now.
See the journal quoting worm counts of 11000, at a count of 500 lambs are suppose to need a dose

MD1983

What would you do with this lamb:

he is a bought in store lamb (mountain lamb) about 7 weeks ago.
found him a few weeks ago at the edge of the field looking dull, gave antibiotics for pneumonia, this perked him up. injected him a few times since when he seemed to be failing again.
at this stage he is lying on the ground and cant get up and has been like this for about a week, he has lost a lot of weight.
he has been treated twice with hatpavac P and twice with cydectin triclamox, he has also got a mineral drench within the last week.
he is eating grass as he sits there, i have given him a few handfuls of barley over the last few days to try to get some energy into him but no pick-up. i also yesterday gave him warm sugary water which he lapped up but still no change for the better.

any thoughts lads?

arctictree

MD1983 wrote: »

What would you do with this lamb:

he is a bought in store lamb (mountain lamb) about 7 weeks ago.
found him a few weeks ago at the edge of the field looking dull, gave antibiotics for pneumonia, this perked him up. injected him a few times since when he seemed to be failing again.
at this stage he is lying on the ground and cant get up and has been like this for about a week, he has lost a lot of weight.
he has been treated twice with hatpavac P and twice with cydectin triclamox, he has also got a mineral drench within the last week.
he is eating grass as he sits there, i have given him a few handfuls of barley over the last few days to try to get some energy into him but no pick-up. i also yesterday gave him warm sugary water which he lapped up but still no change for the better.

any thoughts lads?

Had a lamb like that a few weeks ago. Did everything for him. After a week he was still alive. Then one morning the feckin crows had pecked his eyes out, but he still lived. Had to put him out of his misery.

Sheep breeder

arctictree wrote: »

Had a lamb like that a few weeks ago. Did everything for him. After a week he was still alive. Then one morning the feckin crows had pecked his eyes out, but he still lived. Had to put him out of his misery.

Read my post above.

greysides

MD1983 wrote: »

What would you do with this lamb:

he is a bought in store lamb (mountain lamb) about 7 weeks ago.
found him a few weeks ago at the edge of the field looking dull, gave antibiotics for pneumonia, this perked him up. injected him a few times since when he seemed to be failing again.

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any thoughts lads?

Reading this, I'm wondering if he got a course of antibiotics or individual, spaced injections...
He may have been gone too far even at the start for a proper course to work but if he didn't get one then that would be something to look at in future.