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lamb with sore leg

duffysfarm · 2022-04-07 18:53:06

Lamb has a sore leg now for over two weeks. The lambe is 4 or 5 weeks old and wont put one of its front legs on the ground. It is holding the leg up the whole time when walking and it looks a bit swolen. Looked in between the feet and there are no marks/stone/muck or a smell. said it to the vet when i was last with him and…

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07-04-2022 7:53pm

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duffysfarm

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Lamb has a sore leg now for over two weeks. The lambe is 4 or 5 weeks old and wont put one of its front legs on the ground. It is holding the leg up the whole time when walking and it looks a bit swolen. Looked in between the feet and there are no marks/stone/muck or a smell. said it to the vet when i was last with him and he put the lamb on a course of injection for 6 days but there is no change. can i try anything else or just wait it out?

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#2 07-04-2022 8:11pm
Jjameson

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Joint Ill. Inject for at leat a week. Watch others for more cases. Awful yoke.

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