Stephanie Parrish
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:46:56 -0700
Mark, Sorry to hear about it.According to my Merck Vet. Manual, death from lightening is usually instantaneous and results from cardiac or respiratory arrest. In about 90% of the cases, there are singe marks on the carcass &/or damage to the immediate environment. Singe marks are linear and usually found on the inside surfaces of the legs. (I think they may be difficult to see on the dark haired areas of blackbellies). And, because death is instantaneous, there is usually hay, grass, or other feed in the animal's mouth. You may also want to check for damage (a melted spot) on the metal hog hut.
With condolences, Stephanie On Sep 23, 2005, at 10:40 PM, The Wintermutes wrote:
Hi everybody, I had a bad day today.Severus, my best polled ram, was found dead. He was located in a metal hog hut. He was in perfect health yesterday. We had fierce thunderstorms move through here for nearly 10 hours. I inspected Severus for wounds but found none. His belly had a strange green tinge to it but that may have been fromlying dead for a while.My question is, is there any way to identify a death due to lightning? Ididn't see any burns or wounds of any kind! This was one extremely healthy vibrant young ram! Just sick of this day, Mark Wintermute _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing listVisit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly- blackbellysheep.info
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