[Jacob-list] Sheep polio

[Linda]

Not really off topic, as I'd like to verify something I heard a few years back.  Does anyone have contact information for Rose Marie, hard to pronounce last name ("show stock?") PhD chemistry professor at a university in Georgia and Jacob breeder?

Linda
 
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Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:09:44 -0800, ARTHUR PARTRIDGE wrote:
>> I've not heard of polio in sheep and my Merck doesn't list it
>> either
>>
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> Sheep polio is caused by a lack of the vitamin thiamine (vitamin
> B1) in the diet.  The sheep recover dramatically once the vitamin
> is supplied usually by injection (get it from the vet clinic).  If
> that is not available, grind up some tablets from the local drug
> store.  Place in water and give orally with a syringe (no needle).
> It probably isn't a common problem.  In the winter especially, I
> give my sheep commercial bread once a week, one slice per sheep
> once a week, the bread from the grocery store contains thiamine.
> It's more of a treat than treatment.  Do not overfeed bread to
> sheep, it will make them sick Cathy Moscow, Idaho
>
>
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