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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: TheSmilingSheep on February 12, 2016, 12:17:12 pm

Title: meds and pregnant sheep
Post by: TheSmilingSheep on February 12, 2016, 12:17:12 pm

Quick question: is it ok to give alymycin and/or metacam to ewes who are three months pregnant?

Title: Re: meds and pregnant sheep
Post by: landroverroy on February 12, 2016, 02:37:26 pm

 I would suggest you google it for yourself and decide if the benefits exceed the slight risks. Quicker also where possibly you have an animal in pain, and a forum may only give you a range of opinions  when what you actually need are facts.

 

Title: Re: meds and pregnant sheep
Post by: Foobar on February 12, 2016, 02:50:38 pm

Alamycin - yes.  Metacam - dunno.


With pregnant sheep you just need to be careful when handling them. Keep stress to the absolute minimum.  And I'm assuming they have some problem with them that requires the use of antibiotics? ;)

Title: Re: meds and pregnant sheep
Post by: TheSmilingSheep on February 12, 2016, 04:56:41 pm

Thanks - yes, do need treatment (or hope I haven't got an ovine variant of munchausen's by proxy.... :roflanim:)
Can't google for info re metacam since it's not actually licensed for sheep.
Have spoken to vet now (don't worry! I don't rely only on forum when actually need to act quite quickly...) and ok to use pain killer - in fact, a good thing to act to reduce her pain.....

Title: Re: meds and pregnant sheep
Post by: landroverroy on February 12, 2016, 07:05:01 pm

It does actually mention on google that trials have been done for meloxicam (metacam) on animals and there is a slight risk to the foetus. However, if the animal is in pain, I would use it also.