Sick sheep!

DK man

Hi folks,

I have a ram lamb who went down with something about 8 weeks ago. Was a tad cold / ears dropped down / eyes went blind / very poorly. I isolated him.

Phoned vet and said to give alamycin so I did. Animal recovered but ears seemed to rot off him. He is fairly lively when I go into the paddock. Apart from the ears he looks ok.

Any ideas what this would be - talked with local sheep man and he said he never seen it before! I want to get rid of him but how do you as he has no ears to tag!!!!

Thanks

Username John

DK man wrote: »

Hi folks,

I have a ram lamb who went down with something about 8 weeks ago. Was a tad cold / ears dropped down / eyes went blind / very poorly. I isolated him.

Phoned vet and said to give alamycin so I did. Animal recovered but ears seemed to rot off him. He is fairly lively when I go into the paddock. Apart from the ears he looks ok.

Any ideas what this would be - talked with local sheep man and he said he never seen it before! I want to get rid of him but how do you as he has no ears to tag!!!!

Thanks

No idea about the tagging...

But was it a white faced sheep? Isn't there a sun related thing they can get that causes the ears to swell and possible fall off?

EDIT : here, I found this
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/photosensitisation-livestock

ganmo

DK man wrote: »

Hi folks,

I have a ram lamb who went down with something about 8 weeks ago. Was a tad cold / ears dropped down / eyes went blind / very poorly. I isolated him.

Phoned vet and said to give alamycin so I did. Animal recovered but ears seemed to rot off him. He is fairly lively when I go into the paddock. Apart from the ears he looks ok.

Any ideas what this would be - talked with local sheep man and he said he never seen it before! I want to get rid of him but how do you as he has no ears to tag!!!!

Thanks

Once saw a lamb with the tag on a string around its neck.

I reckon the dept will tell ya to put a bolus in him...if ya ask them

Green farmer

ganmo wrote: »

Once saw a lamb with the tag on a string around its neck.

Haha !!!

arctictree

ganmo wrote: »

Once saw a lamb with the tag on a string around its neck.

I reckon the dept will tell ya to put a bolus in him...if ya ask them

Saw that in a mart. The lamb had no ears for some reason.

Green farmer

arctictree wrote: »

Saw that in a mart. The lamb had no ears for some reason.

A fox probably tried to bite them off. Have a neighbour that had that particular problem.