JOINT ILL

brownswiss

What antibiotic have you found successful in treating joint ill in lambs?

I brought a lamb to the vet 2 days ago and she said that he was fine. Today he is crippled with it.

I brought one to the vet last year but the treatment was not successful. Lambs are all treated with iodine a few times after birth but I still seem to get the odd problem. At the sheep conference they were saying that as many lambs get joint ill orally as through the navel so I suppose it is no surprise that the odd one gets it.

Thanks

charolais0153

brownswiss wrote: »

What antibiotic have you found successful in treating joint ill in lambs?

I brought a lamb to the vet 2 days ago and she said that he was fine. Today he is crippled with it.

I brought one to the vet last year but the treatment was not successful. Lambs are all treated with iodine a few times after birth but I still seem to get the odd problem. At the sheep conference they were saying that as many lambs get joint ill orally as through the navel so I suppose it is no surprise that the odd one gets it.

Thanks

Noroclav

brownswiss

Thanks for the quick reply. How much, how often and how successful has it been ?

I only have amoxicillin at the moment and have also given Finodiyne

J.O. Farmer

brownswiss wrote: »

Thanks for the quick reply. How much, how often and how successful has it been ?

I only have amoxicillin at the moment and have also given Finodiyne

Noroclav is amoxi with clavulanic acid as well. The clavulanic acid is often added to the amoxi as it can make otherwise resistant infections susceptible but the clavulanic acid has little antibiotic effect itself.

razor8

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Noroclav is amoxi with clavulanic acid as well. The clavulanic acid is often added to the amoxi as it can make otherwise resistant infections susceptible but the clavulanic acid has little antibiotic effect itself.

Noroclav is the best injection for joint ill but timing and getting at infection as early as possible is key to the success of curing it

J.O. Farmer

razor8 wrote: »

Noroclav is the best injection for joint ill but timing and getting at infection as early as possible is key to the success of curing it

Without doubt amoxicillin clavulanic acid (Noroclav) is one of the best broad spectrum antibiotics we have. If you get a course of antibiotics for yourself there's a good chance it'll be something similar.
I would add that keeping up the treatment for longer than seems necessary is important too. That means injecting every day for maybe a week (not sure on the exact length of time). Joint ill is not a one shot and they'll be grand job.

rangler1

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Without doubt amoxicillin clavulanic acid (Noroclav) is one of the best broad spectrum antibiotics we have. If you get a course of antibiotics for yourself there's a good chance it'll be something similar.
I would add that keeping up the treatment for longer than seems necessary is important too. That means injecting every day for maybe a week (not sure on the exact length of time). Joint ill is not a one shot and they'll be grand job.

We're using 1ml Engemycin and .5ml finadine here on a lamb and will be giving it for a week.

brownswiss

rangler1 wrote: »

We're using 1ml Engemycin and .5ml finadine here on a lamb and will be giving it for a week.

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We would have used that on calves years ago but our vet never uses it on lambs. Please let us know if it cures him.

Thanks to all of you

Willfarman

I think mine are picking it up from the ring on the the tail. It doesn't seem logical for it to be ingested. Hateful bloody thing anyhow..

White Clover

Willfarman wrote: »

I think mine are picking it up from the ring on the the tail. It doesn't seem logical for it to be ingested. Hateful bloody thing anyhow..

At what age are you noticing it will?

Willfarman

White Clover wrote: »

At what age are you noticing it will?

At around two weeks on.

rangler1

brownswiss wrote: »

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We would have used that on calves years ago but our vet never uses it on lambs. Please let us know if it cures him.

Thanks to all of you

Didn't cure it, cured it last year though. changed to betamox

kk.man

rangler1 wrote: »

Didn't cure it, cured it last year though. changed to betamox

Think I have it here also...I have betamox...lamb is 3 weeks...what dosage rate and over what period of time?

razor8

rangler1 wrote: »

Didn't cure it, cured it last year though. changed to betamox

noroclav is definitely better than betamox for joint ill IME