Hello Nancy, I use Penicillin G Procaine (300,000 units per ml) at 1cc/45#, and Vitamin B Complex at 3cc/45#. These are both injections and can be subcutaneous or intra-muscle. Keep injections of these two medicines away from each other when locating shots on the lamb. I have found nothing better for respiratory problems in lambs. Pneumonia and starvation are the largest killers of lambs. I know you wanted something other than shots. The doses I use I only give every other day. I give one more dose after determining the lamb is well. Really feed them well as nutrition is needed to fight for their lives.
There are more powerful antibiotics but they are very expensive. I have had very poor results with LA200 for respiratory problems. I have tried Teramyacin (spelling?) in drinking water for large groups of lambs. Apparently it really tastes bad since I had a major boycott of the water. I do not really know how well it worked since it is doubtful that any of the lambs received a proper dose. Mark Wintermute ----- Good morning, I have a lamb who has been fighting a cold , some congestion and a cough for about a week. She is a bottle lamb and I hate to give shots! Is there anything new out there that you can put in the obtle ? I know that I can't feed milk at the same time but could use a water subsititute for a feeding then go back to milk on the next one. Thanks for any ideas. Nancy www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch Thanks for looking! I have posted a few new pictures of lambs etc. for those who like to look. _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
