Glad you were able to get a diagnosis. I should have stated Ovine Progressive Pneumonia... not Pulmonary.
Wish I could send you some rain. We went from drought to more than needed rainfall here. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Blackbelly [mailto:blackbelly-boun...@lists.blackbellysheep.info] On Behalf Of Michael Smith Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 9:35 AM To: blackbelly Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Marley the AB ram died, I suspect pneumonia he was 8 years old. A few of the other sheep do have snotty noses as well. I'll call the vet. _Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Mark Wintermute <winterm...@earthlink.net> wrote: > You did not mention how old Marley was. I suspect he did have some > age to him. OPP (Ovine Pulmonary Pneumonia) could be involved. There > is no cure for OPP and it is contagious. Your vet can assist you on > testing. If it is OPP you will want to test the rest of your flock. > OPP is not rare here in the United States. Rest in peace Marley. > > Mark > > > > > Marley had gotten skinny lately, and I de-wormed him, probably too > late. He also had a runny nose. I had not taken the time to have a > vet come out and see him, since a few other sheep also have runny > noses, and they always get over it, and they look strong. > > in any case, he died today. I've never dealt with this particular case > before so, sorry for the graphic questions. > > When I tried to pick up his head to move him, a large amount of light > brown, very watery liquid came pouring and I mean "pouring" from both > nostrils. It smells. Not super strong, but not pleasant. I tilted his > head and I am sure I got about half a pint. I am sure there's probably > another half pint in there for sure. > > I am thinking pneumonia? > > If so, I imagine I should get the vet out to hear some lungs on the > still living? > > Thanks in advance for your help in this. > > I plan to have his skull preserved and glue that broken horn tip back > on, so I can have a nice reminder of him. His rack was magnificent. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6086 / Virus Database: 4419/10623 - Release Date: 09/11/15 _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
