Texel throat

iron man

Evening. Has anybody any cure for this. I have a shearling that got it 9 days ago. Took him to the vet. High temp. Draxin, steroids, engemician etc. Got him back eating oats, and hay then meal and fresh cut grass. I let him out this morning to the garden for an hour and he went back to square one. Had to call the vet again.. Any other cure for this apart from the lorry.. He bred well as a lamb.

wrangler

iron man wrote: »

Evening. Has anybody any cure for this. I have a shearling that got it 9 days ago. Took him to the vet. High temp. Draxin, steroids, engemician etc. Got him back eating oats, and hay then meal and fresh cut grass. I let him out this morning to the garden for an hour and he went back to square one. Had to call the vet again.. Any other cure for this apart from the lorry.. He bred well as a lamb.

There is no cure, there's breeders that know they're breeding Texel throat and yet still continue.
It's around long enough for the seller of that ram to know he has it. A friend bought three texels from one breeder and everyone of them was gone in 12 mths.
Does your ram lose his wool around his chest and belly and elsewhere, that's suppose to be a symptom too

iron man

no wool lost... its frustrating...

Dinzee Conlee

iron man wrote: »

Evening. Has anybody any cure for this. I have a shearling that got it 9 days ago. Took him to the vet. High temp. Draxin, steroids, engemician etc. Got him back eating oats, and hay then meal and fresh cut grass. I let him out this morning to the garden for an hour and he went back to square one. Had to call the vet again.. Any other cure for this apart from the lorry.. He bred well as a lamb.

Did you buy him? Can you get back onto the seller?

iron man

got him a year ago... he bred very well as a lamb. was wintered inside. had him out since May and was flying until he picked this up 9 days ago...

wrangler

iron man wrote: »

no wool lost... its frustrating...

It wouldn't be advisable to keep ewes out of him

iron man

oh dear... I have 15... belters...

Sheep breeder

iron man wrote: »

got him a year ago... he bred very well as a lamb. was wintered inside. had him out since May and was flying until he picked this up 9 days ago...

He didn’t pick it up, it is in the rams breeding and the breeders know they have it and are selling it on to farmers, the texel breed has changed so much from what they were 20 years ago, with tear drops, stripping and smaller etc.

iron man

Jjameson wrote:

If they aren’t out of texted ewes and don’t have short necks they’ll be fine. Just breed another breed to them.

these breeders must have some way of disguising it...

wrangler

iron man wrote: »

oh dear... I have 15... belters...

I used to always buy Texel hogget rams from Willie hutchinson in Kilkenny, the last time I went to him he had none as he had slaughtered all his hogget rams because their breeding lines had Texel throat. That was a huge financial loss for him rather than selling them around the country to catch someone out.
That's seven or eight years ago and to say it's still around reflects badly on texel breeders

DJ98

Have a texel hogget ram here and his breathing is gone very heavy and laboured and he tries to roar its almost like his voice is gone. A neighbour described his breathing as like a lawnmower the other day (not from a farming background). Would texel throat be the cause of this? Have rang the vet and waiting on him to call back.

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121879348#Comment_121879348

Sounds like it. My Texel ram died from that on Christmas Eve. The last 2 Texel rams that I had both died from it.

orm0nd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/114279842#Comment_114279842

yep... lost a 3 year old tex x bought in as a hoggett a few weeks ago , was hoping to get the lambs out of her but wasn't to be

Castlekeeper

Jesus is that what it is? I think I have it myself these days...

Farmer_3650

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121879348#Comment_121879348

Have a texel hogget ram breathing heavy and is opening and closing his mouth like he's panting but he is not. Sounds similar to yours. Did it end up being texel throat in the end and if so what was the outcome? Thanks.

DJ98

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122081098#Comment_122081098

The vet diagnosed it has texel throat and injected him and gave me more injections amd he cleared perfectly after a week, I'm undecided yet asto whether or not he should be culled.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122083542#Comment_122083542

Did he not advise you to get rid, there's usually no hope for texel throat and you have to wait for the withdrawal period

orm0nd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122083542#Comment_122083542

if it was texel throat and he gets it again, nothing will cure him (been there have the tee shirt)

DJ98

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122083785#Comment_122083785

The withdrawal period is up, it was a young vet and she said to see how he goes and he has improved 100 percent. Probably be best to sell now as cast giving the high prices