Acute (interstitial) pneumonia. Affects the biggest, strongest, healthy animals. Good one day, dead hours later. If they can be saved at all, dose with tetracycline and flunazine(banamine). and hope for the best. Usually, they are not noticed in time to be saved. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel G Fish, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Anyone know of an illness that begins with a limp?
> 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 > > > > > > > > =============================================== > > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list > (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to > http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > > To search the archives, go to > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > =============================================== > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 08/21/2002 =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
