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From: "Samuel G Fish, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Anyone know of an illness that begins with a limp?
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:15:57 -0400
I lost a 4 month ram lamb in a very similar way. He was fine one day, weak the next and died thta night. I vet is at a loss. I would appreciate any insight also. Thanks Sam Fish ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: [blackbelly] Anyone know of an illness that begins with a limp?
> I just had a mama BBB die - the first time I even noticed her being out of
> sorts was one day before she died and what I noticed was the others
pushing her
> out of the feeder - but she was eating and I did see her chewing her cud.
> Later that day she was stumbling and weak. That night, she wouldn't eat. I
gave
> her antiboitics and B12, but the next day she died with apparent
pneumonia. She
> had twin babies about 1 month ago; I've owned her since April and she has
been
> fine - the only friendly BBB I owned - an excellent mother.
>
> Today, I noticed another BBB and a Katahdin limping on one of their front
> legs - I don't know if it's just a coincidence or if that first BBB had
something
> that has been given to the others.
>
> Does anyone know of any sort of disease/poisioning that begins with a
limp,
> especially on the front leg? I have seen limping, un-coordination, loss
of
> appetite, etc with Lantana poisoning, but these sheep are all out in the
full sun
> with no apparent problem, and all Lantana poisioning I've seen they are
very
> light sensitive.
>
> Thus far, the other two that have a limp have no other symptoms or
problems -
> eating well, chewing their cud, etc.
>
> If anyone has any ideas, I would definately appreciate it!
>
> Thanks,
> Onalee
>
>
>
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