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An all black blackbelly lamb (blueberryfarm) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:39:45 -0800 From: Julian Hale <jbh...@comcast.net> To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] CDT shots Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20100201094938.03887...@pop.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 06:48 PM 1/24/2010, I wrote: >Giving a ewe a CD/T shot every 2nd or 3rd year, a month or two before breeding time would probably be perfectly adequate to confer (temporary) immunity to the lambs. IMO, lambs should not receive any vaccines prior to 8 weeks, and 12 weeks would be better. The mother's colostrum provides immunity longer than that, and the young lamb's immune system is not able to make use of a vaccine prior to ~8 weeks anyway. So a shot at 12 weeks, one at 15-16 weeks, and if they are staying a booster around 1 year old. > >Julian OK, I have to modify that advice somewhat. I came across this: http://www.goatworld.com/articles/enterotoxemia/enterotoxemia3.shtml >But any older animal that has not had its yearly boosters is at risk, as is a yearling that did not receive at >least 2 vaccinations no earlier than 2 months of age AND a booster at 6 months of age, thus has NO >antibodies left at 1 year of age! It's a good article. It's target toward goat owners, so it's not 100% applicable to sheep, but worth reading. I lost a goat yesterday to what I believe was enterotoxemia. I probably could have saved her if I'd had the anti-toxin on hand, so I strongly advise everybody to buy some. It's cheap insurance. Here's another good article: http://www.jackmauldin.com/health/enterotoxaemia.htm Julian ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:53:24 -0600 From: "cecil bearden" <crbear...@copper.net> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] CDT shots Message-ID: <58789233df2049969dbcf5c835977...@crbbighp> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I made the mistake of feeding all stock protein tubs to my sheep this summer when the grass was lush with moisture. i figured the grass had too much water in it to be nutritious. I lost 2 to enterotoxemia or tetanus or clostridium or whatever you want to call it. I covered the tubs and have had no problems. Right now they are eating corn fiber pellets and oat hay, prairie hay, triticale hay and johnson hay free choice. They seem to make the rounds eating a little of each. They really like that oat hay though... Little rascals are getting fat in the worst winter we have had on record so far.. Cecil in OKla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julian Hale" <jbh...@comcast.net> To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] CDT shots > At 06:48 PM 1/24/2010, I wrote: >>Giving a ewe a CD/T shot every 2nd or 3rd year, a month or two before >>breeding time would probably be perfectly adequate to confer (temporary) >>immunity to the lambs. IMO, lambs should not receive any vaccines prior >>to 8 weeks, and 12 weeks would be better. The mother's colostrum provides >>immunity longer than that, and the young lamb's immune system is not able >>to make use of a vaccine prior to ~8 weeks anyway. So a shot at 12 weeks, >>one at 15-16 weeks, and if they are staying a booster around 1 year old. >> >>Julian > > OK, I have to modify that advice somewhat. I came across this: > > http://www.goatworld.com/articles/enterotoxemia/enterotoxemia3.shtml > >>But any older animal that has not had its yearly boosters is at risk, as >>is a yearling that did not receive at >>least 2 vaccinations no earlier than 2 months of age AND a booster at 6 >>months of age, thus has NO >>antibodies left at 1 year of age! > > It's a good article. It's target toward goat owners, so it's not 100% > applicable to sheep, but worth reading. I lost a goat yesterday to what I > believe was enterotoxemia. I probably could have saved her if I'd had the > anti-toxin on hand, so I strongly advise everybody to buy some. It's > cheap insurance. > > Here's another good article: > http://www.jackmauldin.com/health/enterotoxaemia.htm > > Julian > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:34:50 -0600 From: "blueberryfarm" <blueberryf...@bellsouth.net> To: "Sheep Group" <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info> Subject: [Blackbelly] An all black blackbelly lamb Message-ID: <003501caa447$2c503e10$1301a...@ownerf3d1aeef2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response One of our older ewes had twins yesterday. One of them is typically colored, the other, a ram lamb, is completely black except for a patch of dark brown on both shoulders. He is very striking in appearance. I may keep him as a novelty. Do any of you experience an occasional lamb with such markings? Jerry South Mississippi ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This daily digest is from the Blackbelly mailing list. Visit this list's home page at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ End of Blackbelly Digest, Vol 6, Issue 22 ***************************************** Jerry, Last year I had twin rams born, so dark that you could hardly see the black bars on their faces. You really had to look at them in bright light to see any of the blackbelly markings. I did not register them and sold them to market. This last Monday afternoon the same ewe and same sire produced twins ewes, one a beautifully marked ABB and the other very dark almost black ewe. I'm waiting to see if she will lighten up at all to see her facial bars. Joan Eubank _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
