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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: bugsym00 on August 19, 2015, 10:43:52 am

Title: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: bugsym00 on August 19, 2015, 10:43:52 am
I have a four year old ewe who had twins this year and since we have removed the lambs fro her she has lost weight. She was fine previous years after lambing.She has been wormed on lush grass along with other ewes but still is not putting weight on. We have tried giving hard feed but she seems to be unitrested in this only taking a few mouthfuls. I  am going to try some liquid life aid to give her a boost and some antibiotics just in case  Any other suggestions welcome
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: Hellybee on August 19, 2015, 10:48:04 am
Bring hervin Give her a quiet companion, pick her some ivy and other browse, give her multi vit drench, is she calling for them. At all, what's her bag like, is it normal drying up or is she full.  Could put energy lick in with her.
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: bugsym00 on August 19, 2015, 11:12:04 am
she has dried up not calling as been off her for 6 weeks now just seems to be dropping weight and condition
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: Foobar on August 19, 2015, 11:55:14 am
Have you had a FEC done?  Could be worms or fluke.  Also check her temperature, and give her a good overall inspection to see if you can see any wounds or infection etc.
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: Backinwellies on August 19, 2015, 04:44:25 pm
have you checked her teeth?
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: shep53 on August 19, 2015, 07:24:07 pm
You need the vet before she goes to far , are her gums pink (normal ) or grey ( anaemic )      could be  Fluke   Teeth ( front and back )     infection   pneumonia      MV         and so on
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: farmvet on August 19, 2015, 10:19:20 pm
Why antibiotics? If shes grazing and not got mastitis there are very very few diseases on the long list that she may have that would benefit in anyway from antibiotics. There are no new antibiotics in the pipeline so we need to use those we have responsibly.
If the rest of her peer group are gaining weight and she's loosing then either vet visit, or cull asap, or depending on your risk level a short withdrawal flukicide  then cull if no response.
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on August 19, 2015, 10:45:52 pm
Is she drinking a lot or not much at all?
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: bugsym00 on August 21, 2015, 09:38:09 am
thanks all she is happier now drenched her for fluke as well as given her conditioning drench. Out eating grass happily today hopefully will start to put weight on now
Title: Re: Ewe loosing weight after weaning
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on August 21, 2015, 12:27:31 pm
That's good. :)