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perkhar

  • Joined Sep 2015
Pregnant ewe coughing
« on: February 24, 2017, 07:17:32 pm »
One of my ewes I noticed has been coughing when I go to them over the last 4 days.. She does it after they run up to me for feed for a wee while and then seems to stop after 20 to 30 seconds... Then doesn't do it again. I don't know what she's like during the day because I'm in work but when I go to feed them I find it to be the same ewe every day..


Other than that she seems pretty healthy she's eating and strong.

Gunnermark

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Pregnant ewe coughing
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2017, 07:38:41 am »
When was the last time she was wormed?

perkhar

  • Joined Sep 2015
Re: Pregnant ewe coughing
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2017, 10:12:25 am »
4/9/16 wormed last 4/2/17 fluke last drench

She's not skinny and certainly not messy around back end

landroverroy

  • Joined Oct 2010
Re: Pregnant ewe coughing
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2017, 10:28:50 am »
Could she have just been ruminating, then in her rush to be the first to mug you for the food had some rumen contents go down the wrong way?
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Gunnermark

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Pregnant ewe coughing
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2017, 01:21:53 pm »
In lamb?

perkhar

  • Joined Sep 2015
Re: Pregnant ewe coughing
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2017, 02:40:58 pm »
Yes in lamb maybe just feed stuck I have been giving them bruised barley

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
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Re: Pregnant ewe coughing
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2017, 12:30:29 pm »
Yes in lamb maybe just feed stuck I have been giving them bruised barley

We're trying grass nuts for all our stock this year.  Hoping it's a more natural feed for them and easier on their digestions. 

Some of the in lamb ewes were coughing when being fed.  I deduced they weren't chewing the nuts, just wolfing them down.  So we've started to mix the nuts with some soaked sugar beet.  They love it, and no more coughing. :)
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