Vaginal Prolapse

Management problem

Over feeding roughage

Large bales

Obese ewes

Short tail docking

Respiratory

Causes of Death

Starvation Poor ewe condition Weak ewe or lamb Plugged teats Mastitis Mis-mothering Poor suckling

Stillbirths/dystocia

Symptoms of dystocia yellow fleece causes - Fat ewes, Poor hybrid vigor, large BW

Was it truly born dead?

Stillborns -infectious -hypoxia (observation)

Solutions

Condition scoreCondition score ObservationObservation

Intercom, video cameraIntercom, video camera Feed antibioticsFeed antibiotics Vaccinate against campylobacter Vaccinate against campylobacter

and chlamydiaand chlamydia BoSe ??????BoSe ?????? Assist after 30 minutes in laborAssist after 30 minutes in labor Selection Selection

Pneumonia

Causes

poor air quality

too many sheep

wet bedding

Solution

20 ft.2 for ewes with lambs Sulfa water treatment Improve ventilation

Open up barn Use more bedding Pre-lambing shearing

Antibiotics Feeding

60-65 mg/day60-65 mg/day 6 weeks prior to lambing6 weeks prior to lambing ResultsResults

65-73% 65-73% in lamb losses in lamb losses

University of WyomingUniversity of Wyoming

S.D. State UniversityS.D. State University

Intestinal Disorders - Causes

Wet beddingWet bedding StressStress Inadequate colostrumInadequate colostrum

Newborn Management

1 - Colostrum intake minimum 2 ounces/8 pounds ideal 10% of BW first 24 hrs.

2 - Clip - Dip - Strip castrate and dock early

3 - Lambing Jugs 4 x 6, 5 x 5 S 24 hr, Tw 48 hr, Tr 72 hr

4 - Observe often

5 - Check for inverted eyelids

Mastitis Management

Early weaning 60 days or less Dry up ewes prior to weaning

Reduce protein Reduce energy

Remove water ?

Vaginal Prolapse

Prevention/treatment

Induce lambing

Harness

Prolapse spoon

Suture

Reduce roughage

Condition score ewes

Cull

Infectious diseasesSoremouth

Contagious ecthyma or Orf

zoonotic disease

a pox virus

nuisance disease

wide spread through out industryvaccinate away concerns

Coccidiosis

Parasite

Symptoms

diarrhea

attacks intestinal lining

bloody

unthrifty

long term poor doers

Coccidiosis

Management problem

Clean water

Clean feeders

Environmental contamination

Lambs 4-10 weeks of age

weaning stress increases risk

Coccidiosis

Preventatives

Bovatec

Deccox

Individual treatments

Problem adequate intake via creep

Treat environment

Sudden death

Causes:

white muscle disease

coccidiosis

pneumonia

trauma

enterotoxemia

Ovine Progressive PneumoniaOPP

Slow virus, retrovirus

10% of infected show symptoms

hard bad, minimal milk flow

arthritis in rams

wasting, thin ewes

method of transfer

colostrum intake

aerosol

caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE)

OPP

Treatment None

Becoming OPP free

Blood test

AGID, very specific & low sensitivity

ELISA, very sensitive but less specific

delayed sero-conversion

Orphan rearing and two site production

OPP

OPP free flocks do exist

OPP Free Sheep Breeders Society

Precautions:

Multiple negative tests

Colostrum sources

Tubing lambs

Caseous lymphadenitis

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

cheesy abscesses along the lymph system

maybe internal or external

unthrifty to no affect

leading cause of chronic wasting

carcass condemnation

> 25% of all ewe and ram carcasses

Caseous lymphadenitis

Treatment none

Management

Oral or external exposure

Minimize wounds

Shearing order

Vaccination

CaseBac

Epididymitis

Ram lambs

Hot rations

Responds to LA 200

Temporary infertility

Epididymitis

Mature rams

Cause Brucella Ovis

ELISA test

large operations

large ram groups

permanent reduced fertility

Club Lamb Fungus

Zoonotic disease

http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/animaldisease/g1075.htm

show lamb industry

similar to ringworm

Abortion Agents

Campylobacter

Enzootic Abortion Ewes

Toxoplasmosis

Cache Valley Virus

Listeria