Re: [Blackbelly] down one and another ill

[Cecil Bearden]

I did a google search to confirm my original suspicions.  It appears 
that your problems are indeed related.  The Merck Manual lists joint ill 
also in sheep and caused by Erysipelis (sp.)  Again, theis sounds very 
much like a staph infection.  I still would use Baytril and 
Pennicillin.  Chlamydia is supposed to be killed with tetracycline, but 
if it is campylobacter then you need to use all three.  Campylobacter 
has many diferent strains. 

A joint type infection is usually staph very similar to Arthritis.  All 
of these problems can come from an untreated umbilical cord.  The 
bacterin gets in the soil in the pens.  One method states to burn a bale 
of hay on the area to kill the bacterin. 

Cecil in OKla
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