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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: NLL on April 16, 2011, 12:15:41 pm

Title: Dead lamb, any ideas
Post by: NLL on April 16, 2011, 12:15:41 pm

lamb, 3 weeks old, didnt eat strongly last night, dead this morning.I have taken him for post morteum but all the vet could find was an inflamed large bowel.No colisdrial diseases,no pneumonia,no scouring,no cocci present on the slide.He has sent bits to the lab so will get the results mid week.any ideas in case i am doing something wrong.

Title: Re: Dead lamb, any ideas
Post by: Freddiesfarm on April 16, 2011, 01:05:28 pm

You did nothing wrong - it's just sheep!

Title: Re: Dead lamb, any ideas
Post by: daddymatty82 on April 16, 2011, 10:26:34 pm

a sheep's main aim in life is to die from being born if you see a ewe/ram old you know there's a good Sheppard to be had as they done a good job keeping it alive  so nothing wrong on your part at all. are there any poisonous plants in the vicinity?

Title: Re: Dead lamb, any ideas
Post by: NLL on April 17, 2011, 09:03:30 am

I had another lamb going the same last night so I gave her some amoxypen and a squirt of spectrum.shes still here this morning so I am going to give her some more antibiotics.The tests should be back Tuesday.
no poisoness plants but I am going to move them this afternoon.I only have 11 lambs so dont want any losses really.

Title: Re: Dead lamb, any ideas
Post by: shrekfeet on April 17, 2011, 10:12:13 pm

interested to hear the results

Title: Re: Dead lamb, any ideas
Post by: NLL on April 20, 2011, 07:09:00 pm

first results back, no worm eggs present at all and no cocci eggs present either so they are now culturing some swabs.