Re: [Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe
I cannot help but suspect Selenium poisoning here. It acts fast, Less than 6 hrs, and looks like pneumonia. On 5/23/2015 1:33 PM, Laura Rinker wrote: There were a bunch of sudden deaths on a property in Galt, Ca and a necropsy on one of them from UC davis showed pneumonia and cardiac issues-there were 8 ram lambs that died. Not sure if this is a problem in FL but I am holding 4 ram lambs for that guy to see if there are other issues. ABB sheep are very tough so it is a concern if there is a new bug out there that takes them out so quickly. My sheep are isolated from other herd so hopefully if it is a bug it will bypass me here. -Original Message- From: Blackbelly [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of marc even Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:28 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe I am a registered ABB breeder in south miami florida this morning my strongest 3 1/2 year old ewe died without any sign of illness or distress. she gave birth 2 weeks ago to a beautiful ram (5 lbs) which she nursed normally. I found and burned her placenta. She was well rounded,not skinny and she had no diarrhea and blood in her stool her eyes were pink I opened her belly and did not find any unborn baby her stomachs were full of grass her intestines very clean and no blood I did not find any fecal pellets I will appreciate any info. thank you very much marc even e-mail: ursulam...@gmail.com ___ 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe
I am a registered ABB breeder in south miami florida this morning my strongest 3 1/2 year old ewe died without any sign of illness or distress. she gave birth 2 weeks ago to a beautiful ram (5 lbs) which she nursed normally. I found and burned her placenta. She was well rounded,not skinny and she had no diarrhea and blood in her stool her eyes were pink I opened her belly and did not find any unborn baby her stomachs were full of grass her intestines very clean and no blood I did not find any fecal pellets I will appreciate any info. thank you very much marc even e-mail: ursulam...@gmail.com ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe
Thanks Cecil - I will let the guy know as I was suspecting poison as well but then the verdict of Pneumonia really surprised me especially the cardiac issue as combined that would indicate possibility of selenium poisoning. -Original Message- From: Blackbelly [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Cecil R Bearden Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 3:42 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe I cannot help but suspect Selenium poisoning here. It acts fast, Less than 6 hrs, and looks like pneumonia. On 5/23/2015 1:33 PM, Laura Rinker wrote: There were a bunch of sudden deaths on a property in Galt, Ca and a necropsy on one of them from UC davis showed pneumonia and cardiac issues-there were 8 ram lambs that died. Not sure if this is a problem in FL but I am holding 4 ram lambs for that guy to see if there are other issues. ABB sheep are very tough so it is a concern if there is a new bug out there that takes them out so quickly. My sheep are isolated from other herd so hopefully if it is a bug it will bypass me here. -Original Message- From: Blackbelly [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of marc even Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:28 AM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe I am a registered ABB breeder in south miami florida this morning my strongest 3 1/2 year old ewe died without any sign of illness or distress. she gave birth 2 weeks ago to a beautiful ram (5 lbs) which she nursed normally. I found and burned her placenta. She was well rounded,not skinny and she had no diarrhea and blood in her stool her eyes were pink I opened her belly and did not find any unborn baby her stomachs were full of grass her intestines very clean and no blood I did not find any fecal pellets I will appreciate any info. thank you very much marc even e-mail: ursulam...@gmail.com ___ 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ___ 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] sudden death of ABB ewe
I am so sorry to hear of your loss however, what jumped out at me while reading your necropsy report is that there were no fecal pellets, so perhaps she had a block. There should have been lots of fecal material in the colon, especially since her stomachs were full of grass. She was eating but not excreting is what it sounds like to me. I don't know if you have dogs but they love to eat placenta. There are a lot of healthy nutrients in the placenta and my dogs love lambing season and get very excited when they see me carrying a placenta. I always wash off all the grass/hay and they can't wait for me to finish and divide it up for the 3 of them. Cathy Mayton LeapN Lambs Pattonville,TX ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
