[Blackbelly] down one and another ill

[Tracy Wessel]

I posted a few weeks ago about a ewe that had been ill. She'd been  
down while pregnant and had a swollen and cloudy eye. One dose of  
LA200 and she was right as rain. She lambed out fine and all seemed  
well for about 4 weeks. I noticed her lying down again and three days  
later she was dead despite a dose of LA 200. I wondered if she'd  
retained a placenta or had a dead lamb in her, but no discharge or  
smell.

In any case I now have a lamb with a swollen eye (have treated) not  
hers, but the lamb of a ewe that came from the same  place as her.  
I'm wondering... despite really no signs, is this sounding like  
chlamydia? All my other sheep are healthy and robust. The ewe that  
died was really wobbly the last day. Appeared to have some  
neurological disfunction.

I do have a foal in hospital with joint ill. Brings about suspect  
common bacteria. Perhaps if I knew which was affecting the sheep, we  
could save the foal.

Tracy
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