[Anke]

Anyone seen this before? I haven't got the lambs in yet, but a pair of twins (4 weeks old today, well grown) have suddenly both turned lame on the left front foot. I saw one a couple of days ago lifting the foot, but still racing round with her mates, but today both of them are definitely lame on that foot. The knee joint does not look swollen, and so far none of the other lambs are affected. The foot/claw does look a bit swollen, I will bring them in later today to check for heat etc. I do not think it is joint ill as such, though probably still a bacterial infection quite similar.


Is Alamycin LA the best AB to treat? Does it need repeating in 3 days time? Would you give anti inflammatories as well (I have metacam here and can weigh the lambs)? (With the goats I normally give AI's/painkillers routinely for treating anything that requires AB's).


I have never seen lambs this young lame, and not sure of this is something to do with their dam? They were born outside during the day, penned up and sprayed quickly. Don't think there was any delay in getting colostrum, the ewe has lambed before.

[mariegold]

We've had a couple of lambs like this. Wet long grass causing Strip. I spray with engemisin spray and hold them on my knee until the spray has dried. Seems to work....

[twizzel]

I had a few this year all get little abscesses where the oil gland is on the foot- 3 lambs in a week. No idea why or how they got it. Kept them in, flushed out the abscesses when they burst, and they had a week of daily pen strep and metacam every 3rd day. Right as rain now 

[shep53]

First guess would be Scald ,if so then looks like atheletes foot eg pink with a wet look , spray with blue spray or similar

[Anke]

I would be very surprised if it was scald, as the grass is still very short up here. But am just about to go out and try and get them into a pen (always a hell of a job with lambs at this stage...)