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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: shrekfeet on April 11, 2011, 07:05:16 pm

Title: messy bums
Post by: shrekfeet on April 11, 2011, 07:05:16 pm

I have a small number of sheep that have messy bums and have had them for a while. I have wormed twice but not helped. Any ideas?

Title: Re: messy bums
Post by: pikilily on April 11, 2011, 07:14:06 pm

Hey - have they got lots of lush grass  giving them the squits!..... do they have a lot of fleece, or long tails, to catch the squits ???
is that wormed twice recently?
Emma T

Title: Re: messy bums
Post by: suziequeue on April 11, 2011, 07:31:53 pm

Last we year had one ewe who just always had a mucky bum. Nobody else ever did. They were all treated exactly the same - same feed, same grass, same worming routine etc etc

She just rattled her dags all summer.

She tastes great now :-)

Title: Re: messy bums
Post by: shrekfeet on April 11, 2011, 09:10:55 pm

yes they are on lush grass but they have been like this well before the lush grass arrived. They are a little long around the backsides though

Title: Re: messy bums
Post by: NLL on April 11, 2011, 10:09:11 pm

cocci ,springs to mind.they would need treating with something like vecoxin only if it is cocci.

Title: Re: messy bums
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 12, 2011, 01:26:54 am

If the ground they are on is marshy / wet then it could maybe be fluke - local farmers and the vet will know if you are in a flukey area

Title: Re: messy bums
Post by: shrekfeet on April 12, 2011, 10:23:30 pm

we are on flinty chalk, no wet ground. How do I know if it is Cocci?