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15-04-2012 10:36PM

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Silver 1234

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Hi
Have two rams in a house with some ewes. The two rams have half their wool gone. They are in shed a few months now. Why is this? Thanks.

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#2 15-04-2012 10:52PM

LostCovey

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Silver 1234 wrote: »

Hi
Have two rams in a house with some ewes. The two rams have half their wool gone. They are in shed a few months now. Why is this? Thanks.

A period of hardship (ie something maybe nutritional, or parasites), will cause that. You see it in ewes that get a big shock to the system, like having triplets or getting twin-lamb disease.

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