[Old Shep]

So sorry xx We went through this with a few tup lambs last year.  Even had a post mortem on one.  Vets came up with nothing.  Since then we have given selenium and cobalt supplements regularly and the poorly ones recovered and touch wood we haven't had the problem since. Google selenium and cobalt deficiency and see if it looks familiar.  If so treat the rest of your flock.  Its more common than you may think. 

[bloomer]

Mineral deficiency was one of the optîons given and is now being added to the flock plan for an autumn drench (they are all being done this weekend to be sure)

[Cheviot]

Just a thought, we always give any lambs that are staying on farm over winter, an extra shot of heptavc p as a guard against braxy, eating frozen grass seems to trigger it, although your lambs symptoms don't really fit, as usually you just find them dead, but it was very frosty earlier in the week.
Regards
Sue

[Anke]

I'm sorry to hear your boy didn't make it. Everyone, and I mean totally everyone who keeps sheep will have at some point one keeling over and you think that you could/should have done something earlier... but all you can do is to make some improvements to your flock management and hope that the same thing won't happen again.

Last year I lost 4 sheep (of a flock of about 50 at the time) in totally unrelated and not preventable incidents, and the last one was on Xmas day... but this year (so far) not a single (sheep) loss.. but the goats made up for it anyway....That's livestock I am afraid.

But it seems you have a good vet, maybe in future if/when you have one pts on the farm, the vet can do a quick on-the-spot PM, with your symptoms I would have checked the liver for fluke at least. Extra Heptavac sounds like a good idea to me, especially if the first vaccination was early in the summer.

[Rosemary]