Re: [Blackbelly] Death of a spring lamb
Sounds like a broken neck. I have had this in 2 ewes. They get to fighting and get a spinal chord injury. Cecil in OKla T Taylor wrote: I recently came home to find an otherwise healthy looking spring ram laying on its stomach trying to flip itself over. I tried to pick it up and it was discovered that none of his legs worked. They were not stiff and there was no sign of injury. He was dead an hour later. Please help. Trisha _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009cat=sports ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] (Blackbelly) Death of a spring lamb
Trisha I am sorry about the loss of your lamb. Whenever limbs don't work, I always suspect some neurological problem first. Either a broken neck or back would cause the legs not to work. Usually when you pick a lamb up it will move, but not in this case. If it was struggling to get up and couldn't, that would be my best guess. Becky Lannon ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] Death of a spring lamb
I recently came home to find an otherwise healthy looking spring ram laying on its stomach trying to flip itself over. I tried to pick it up and it was discovered that none of his legs worked. They were not stiff and there was no sign of injury. He was dead an hour later. Please help. Trisha _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009cat=sports ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] Death of a spring lamb
If he was a big healthy lamb several mos old especially if grain fed may have been overeating disease also known as Clostridium perfringens type D. It's a bacterial infection. Can have your vet do a postmortem and then may want to start vaccinating for it. Or grain less heavily. Stephanie Westminster SC -Original Message- From: GARLAND STAMPER gstamper97...@msn.com Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:01:23 To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Death of a spring lamb Trisha, How awful! Could he have been poisoned?? I really don't have any good ideas. Let us know if you figure this one out. Beth in OR I recently came home to find an otherwise healthy looking spring ram laying on its stomach trying to flip itself over. I tried to pick it up and it was discovered that none of his legs worked. They were not stiff and there was no sign of injury. He was dead an hour later. Please help. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
