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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: DavidandCollette on December 18, 2017, 09:31:07 am

Title: Pleurisy
Post by: DavidandCollette on December 18, 2017, 09:31:07 am

Took a couple of lambs to slaughter and was told that one had pluerisy. How do sheep get That? Advice please would be greatly appreciated

Title: Re: Pleurisy
Post by: landroverroy on December 18, 2017, 09:55:54 am

Google it!
There's a number of really comprehensive articles there.

Title: Re: Pleurisy
Post by: harmony on December 18, 2017, 01:45:42 pm

Is is not pneumonia that has spread to the outer layers of the lungs? Are your lambs vaccinated? This damp and warm weather is ideal conditions for pneumonia.

Title: Re: Pleurisy
Post by: DavidandCollette on December 18, 2017, 04:45:12 pm

Having taken landroverroys advice I googled it and found an article which says that one possible cause is drench getting into the lungs. This would explain it as i (rather Collette) had drenched them earlier, but the lamb still had worms......