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Vaginal Prolapse
Management problem
Over feeding roughage
Large bales
Obese ewes
Short tail docking
Respiratory
Causes of Death
Starvation Poor ewe condition Weak ewe or lamb Plugged teats Mastitis Mis-mothering Poor suckling
Stillbirths/dystocia
Symptoms of dystocia yellow fleece causes - Fat ewes, Poor hybrid vigor, large BW
Was it truly born dead?
Stillborns -infectious -hypoxia (observation)
Solutions
Condition scoreCondition score ObservationObservation
Intercom, video cameraIntercom, video camera Feed antibioticsFeed antibiotics Vaccinate against campylobacter Vaccinate against campylobacter
and chlamydiaand chlamydia BoSe ??????BoSe ?????? Assist after 30 minutes in laborAssist after 30 minutes in labor Selection Selection
Pneumonia
Causes
poor air quality
too many sheep
wet bedding
Solution
20 ft.2 for ewes with lambs Sulfa water treatment Improve ventilation
Open up barn Use more bedding Pre-lambing shearing
Antibiotics Feeding
60-65 mg/day60-65 mg/day 6 weeks prior to lambing6 weeks prior to lambing ResultsResults
65-73% 65-73% in lamb losses in lamb losses
University of WyomingUniversity of Wyoming
S.D. State UniversityS.D. State University
Intestinal Disorders - Causes
Wet beddingWet bedding StressStress Inadequate colostrumInadequate colostrum
Newborn Management
1 - Colostrum intake minimum 2 ounces/8 pounds ideal 10% of BW first 24 hrs.
2 - Clip - Dip - Strip castrate and dock early
3 - Lambing Jugs 4 x 6, 5 x 5 S 24 hr, Tw 48 hr, Tr 72 hr
4 - Observe often
5 - Check for inverted eyelids
Mastitis Management
Early weaning 60 days or less Dry up ewes prior to weaning
Reduce protein Reduce energy
Remove water ?
Vaginal Prolapse
Prevention/treatment
Induce lambing
Harness
Prolapse spoon
Suture
Reduce roughage
Condition score ewes
Cull
Infectious diseasesSoremouth
Contagious ecthyma or Orf
zoonotic disease
a pox virus
nuisance disease
wide spread through out industryvaccinate away concerns
Coccidiosis
Parasite
Symptoms
diarrhea
attacks intestinal lining
bloody
unthrifty
long term poor doers
Coccidiosis
Management problem
Clean water
Clean feeders
Environmental contamination
Lambs 4-10 weeks of age
weaning stress increases risk
Coccidiosis
Preventatives
Bovatec
Deccox
Individual treatments
Problem adequate intake via creep
Treat environment
Sudden death
Causes:
white muscle disease
coccidiosis
pneumonia
trauma
enterotoxemia
Ovine Progressive PneumoniaOPP
Slow virus, retrovirus
10% of infected show symptoms
hard bad, minimal milk flow
arthritis in rams
wasting, thin ewes
method of transfer
colostrum intake
aerosol
caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE)
OPP
Treatment None
Becoming OPP free
Blood test
AGID, very specific & low sensitivity
ELISA, very sensitive but less specific
delayed sero-conversion
Orphan rearing and two site production
OPP
OPP free flocks do exist
OPP Free Sheep Breeders Society
Precautions:
Multiple negative tests
Colostrum sources
Tubing lambs
Caseous lymphadenitis
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
cheesy abscesses along the lymph system
maybe internal or external
unthrifty to no affect
leading cause of chronic wasting
carcass condemnation
> 25% of all ewe and ram carcasses
Caseous lymphadenitis
Treatment none
Management
Oral or external exposure
Minimize wounds
Shearing order
Vaccination
CaseBac
Epididymitis
Ram lambs
Hot rations
Responds to LA 200
Temporary infertility
Epididymitis
Mature rams
Cause Brucella Ovis
ELISA test
large operations
large ram groups
permanent reduced fertility
Club Lamb Fungus
Zoonotic disease
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/animaldisease/g1075.htm
show lamb industry
similar to ringworm
Abortion Agents
Campylobacter
Enzootic Abortion Ewes
Toxoplasmosis
Cache Valley Virus
Listeria