--- Diane Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a mature ewe with crusty lumpy lesions on her
> 'lips' & near her nostrils.
> I'm saying it's sore mouth.
> If I vaccinate her... will it leave?
The vaccine is a prevention, not a fix. It will just
have to run it's course now, should be gone in a week
or two.
>> I thought I read somewhere that if a sheep gets
sore
> mouth... it's a one time deal... and they don't
> get it again?
I have several individuals who have had it twice
within 4 years so I suspect it's like any virus in
that it can mutate into different strains.
> Should I vaccinate everyone? Isn't it pretty easily
> spread?
If you have one with it, it's on your property, and
it's extremely contagious. I had a kid who apparently
caught it, and before I realized he was stealing milk
from any doe who stood still for five minutes, he'd
passed it to every nursing female I owned.
I have an unopened box of vaccine in my fridge, was
going to vaccinate but decided I'd let nature run it's
course. All of my kids contract it around 3-4 weeks,
get a sore or two, but have never had any ill effects
and they never get it again. I watch to make sure no
one stops nursing but that's never happened.
The only ones I have problems with are adults who were
not exposed as kids. They get all tore up from lesions
AND, they're the ones who catch it again.
Krista
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