[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

Re: [Blackbelly] suden death of ABB ewe

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 a

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 issue

[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 no

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...@lis