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
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
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.
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From: Blackbelly
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
