[mcd]

I have a 6 week old ewe lamb vaccinated yesterday with heptovac. Tonight I found her standing like a statue, completely oblivious. Ewe and lamb are now in and the lamb is lying, just breathing. Has anyone come across this before or even heard of it? I have no idea what the problem could be.

[Marches Farmer]

Consult your vet asap.

[kanisha]

tetanus? Is the lamb rigid?

[Rosemary]

Hope the lamb is OK. I had a ewe one time seemed to have a reaction to a Heptavac booster - just a bit off colour for a couple of days. I guess it's like us and vaccines. Never seen anything as extreme as you are describing though.

[Marches Farmer]

A vaccine associated disease is a rare possibility - we once had a dog die of Hardpad this way.

[mcd]

The vet unfortunately had to put the lamb to sleep. A post mortem has shown nothing other than a good healthy lamb inside. Coincidently, Maybe the vaccine was issued too late and tetanus or something was involved? If I have anymore with the same symptoms will definitely get a blood test done.