Author Topic: Does anyone..... (Read 2385 times)

onnyview · « **on:** August 11, 2013, 10:36:13 am »

....Vaccinate their ewes against chlamydia? Has anyone had problems with enzootic abortion?

Allison

LouiseG · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2013, 01:05:26 pm »

Hi, I work for a vets and our big sheep farmers do but none of the smallholders or small flocks do. Don't know if that's any help to you.

NLL · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2013, 04:43:50 pm »

I inject mine for both, we have 30 breeding ewes.

mowhaugh · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2013, 08:01:32 pm »

Yes and yes.

onnyview · « **Reply #4 on:** August 12, 2013, 06:22:44 pm »

Thanks for replies, Interested to hear if you do not vaccinate, is it because you have a closed flock and have not been affected by abortion or is it because of advise given ( or not) from the vet?

Allison

Blacksheep · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2013, 07:17:35 pm »

We don't vaccinate against infectious abortion as we don't have a problem, if we do have a late term abortion then we send foetus and placenta off to VLA for testing, just in case. If we got a positive result back then would obviously have to reconsider flock vaccination for the following year. My understanding is that vaccinating for enzootic abortion could mask a problem if you are selling breeding ewes to a flock that don't vaccinate, so we know that we are selling 'clean' stock to pedigree breeders.

lachlanandmarcus · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2013, 07:20:34 pm »

We don't because we have never had a late abortion. Like orf, it's something that we would consider if it became an issue but otherwise with currently clean flock we prefer not to mask with vaccinations.

Also we have a small flock on a decent area of land and no contact with other flocks eg through fences.

Brucklay · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2013, 07:36:34 pm »

We did have a late abortion and had all the testing done to reveal nothing nasty and as it happens the ewe just had an unexpected lamb so all is well with her now - like others I would consider if the situation changes and like others we have no other sheep around us.

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2013, 08:28:24 pm »

Same with us. Our flock is closed, apart from new rams every 2 years, but they're quarantined for 6 weeks before joining the flock anyway. The nearest sheep are across the valley.

SteveHants · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2013, 08:07:42 am »

I dont - I have had the odd ewe abort, but never more than one in any given year. I had been told it is a good idea to put a ewe that aborted in with the ewe lambs so they catch and then get immune to toxo before they are ever got in lamb.