Sounds like enterotoxemia. There is a site for goats that has a great
treatment and also good descriptions on enterotoxemia. I have brought 2
out of it. the sweet feed is too sweet for them. At that age they
cannot digest the sweet feed so it goes on through the gut until it
causes the native clostridium bacteria to flare up and create the toxins
of enterotoxemia. Overeating vaccinations help somewhat, but I have
found that just keeping them away from the good stuff works best.
Cecil in OKla
Crystal Wolf wrote:
Dear Fellow Breeders,
In November I sold 2 three month old lambs a ewe and wether to a
neighbor. On Tuesday they called and said something was wrong with their
lambs. They had the scours and the little ewe seemed to have pneumonia
because her breathing was labored. They both quit eating and the
little wether was just laying around. They called the vet and he said
I know it worms and sold them a pour on wormer to be administered
orally. They opted not to use what the vet sold them and instead used
SafeGuard and gave the ewe a pencillin shot. Wednesday morning they
reported that both lambs had died. However, later that afternoon when
they were going to remove them from the barn, they called and said the
wether was still alive. They gave him electrolytes and he seemed to
want to get up. We went over and he was trying to get up so we gave him
4 ounces of lamb milk replacement mixed with the electrolytes and a bit
of yogurt. He got up several times while we visited and would rest in
between. 2 hours later he did not want to eat and then he too died
about 10:30 pm.
From what I can gather, their diet consisted of hay ad lib and sweet feed
once a day, the ability to graze and fresh water everyday. Has anyone
experienced anything like this before..alive one day and dead
the next? They were with a few goats but were fed in a separate area
and I gave them a 8 way vaccination when they were 3 months old.
I have 9 lambs that are of the same age and they are all doing great and
although I am a newbie at this (less than 4 years) we have never
experienced anything like this. Could undected mold in the sweet feed
cause this..or was feeding sweet feed for their grain ration the
culprit? They did find a bit of mold in the hay but removed it from
their feed. This is tragic and the couple feels really bad and I am at
a loss as to why this may of occurred. They did everything they could
to try and save them to no avail.
any ideas?
Cathy Mayton
Leap'N Lambs
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