Ewe with Meningitis

Sami23

As above spotted her Sunday afternoon. Got injections from vet Monday morning. She is still the same way. Her head is tilted back and to the left and she is going round in circles on and off.
She has two lambs on her just over a month old.
Question is has she any chance of getting better, should I bring her in to shed and should I take lambs from her to give her a better chance.
Never had a ewe with it before.

Willfarman

Sami23 wrote: »

As above spotted her Sunday afternoon. Got injections from vet Monday morning. She is still the same way. Her head is tilted back and to the left and she is going round in circles on and off.
She has two lambs on her just over a month old.
Question is has she any chance of getting better, should I bring her in to shed and should I take lambs from her to give her a better chance.
Never had a ewe with it before.

When she's still on her feet and grazing it's a very good sign. If lambs aren't hollow I'd leave well enough alone. Survivor usually carry their head sideways for lifetime but that's all.

Sheep breeder

Have one last night in the field down and not good vet injected, needs lots of antibiotic to get to the brain.have take in the lambs and bottle feed, takes 10 days for to get infected to the brain,

Insp. Harry Callahan

Could be Listeriosis maybe, it has symptoms like that too, ewe circling, brain/ balance affected, hard to recover from