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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Bywaters on February 12, 2024, 11:50:03 am

Title: Ketone monitor
Post by: Bywaters on February 12, 2024, 11:50:03 am

Looking for advice please

I'm going to purchase a ketone monitor

Any recommendations ? I'd like to be able to purchase the strips easily as well, so if there are any which use "generic" strips I'd be interested

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Ketone monitor
Post by: shep53 on February 13, 2024, 03:28:26 pm

I'm sure lots of members are asking why ?   I'm guessing twin lamb / ketosis  since its in the sheep section , if a sheep is already ill then you can smell pear drops on its breath

Title: Re: Ketone monitor
Post by: Bywaters on February 14, 2024, 01:17:37 pm

I want to catch before the illness stage if possible

We have one or two "old ladies" . Prevention is better than treatment

Title: Re: Ketone monitor
Post by: twizzel on February 14, 2024, 06:25:20 pm

We’ve always got on well with energy buckets to prevent twin lamb. Either lifeline or rumenco maxx. Only really had twin lamb twice- once was when I was in bed with flu and the lifeline bucket ran out, the other was a quad bearing ewe who just needed careful nursing to lambing.