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Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
    • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Milk fever
« on: November 07, 2013, 10:08:54 am »
This week we had a downer cow, heart breaking to watch but she's up now  :thumbsup:

Got me thinking, What to do if the sheep get it? What Calcium bottle do you get?

Any experiences welcome :)
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Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
    • South Wales
Re: Milk fever
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2013, 10:39:58 am »
Hypocalcaemia - Calciject 20 CMD (blue top, for sheep only) or Calciject 20 CM (for sheep or cattle) (although not sure how many ppl actually stock this one)
Not the Caliject 40 (red top or green top) as they are for cattle only.

There are some other posts on here about calciject if I remember correctly...so they might have more info.
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Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
    • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Re: Milk fever
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2013, 01:26:18 pm »
The Calciject 20cm is number 6 I do believe. How do you administered?
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Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
    • South Wales
Re: Milk fever
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2013, 01:47:43 pm »
20% CMD is No 6 blue top yes.
Warm the calciject bottle to blood temperature first (i.e. keep it in a bowl of hot water).  Give 50-80ml depending on the size of the sheep, by subcutaneous injection over the rib cage using a 16g needle.  Split the dose into 20ml shots, and spread them around over the rib cage area.  Massage the injection sites after withdrawing the needle as it will sting.
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Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
    • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Re: Milk fever
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2013, 02:27:42 pm »
Thank you Foobar I will get a bottle in just in case!

I know sheep are easier than cattle as you can pick them up but after battling with my fav cow for over 24hours after she went down on concrete. Not something I want to experience again if I can help it!
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Foobar

  • Joined Mar 2012
    • South Wales
Re: Milk fever
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2013, 02:36:16 pm »
I think sometimes you might have to re-treat a sheep if it doesn't recover sufficiently ... you'd have to read up on that though as to when to repeat the treatment.  Recovery is usually pretty rapid if caught in time.
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Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
    • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Re: Milk fever
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2013, 05:18:43 pm »
I would ring the vet anyway being something I haven't experienced in sheep before.

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