[Jacob-list] Re: Paralyzed lamb

[Katherine Wisor]

My vet said to give it.     It was given Sub-q so no way to do nerve  
damage.
On Feb 5, 2006, at Sun 5 11:20 PM, ARTHUR PARTRIDGE wrote:

>> ;;;;(snip)..vaccinated for tetanus at one week old. Still takes a  
>> bottle
>> well. Hide quarters more effected that front and head. Although is
>> totally flaccid a few days after treatment . More Idea's ????
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> You mention vaccinated for tetanus at one week old.  For one  
> thing....why?
> I don't think I have heard of doing that in a lamb so young.  Some
> vaccinate the pregnant ewe, I think it is with CD&T, so the lamb  
> picks it
> up from the mother.  My vet only vaccinates the young mothers, she  
> believes
> the older ewes don't need it anymore.  She might be right, I've  
> never had a
> problem.  Anyway, back to the injection of a lamb at one week.  I  
> would ask
> around (vets, etc) if that could be a problem.  Also, sometimes,  
> the needle
> (maybe the contents) can hit or damage a nerve, might be easy to do  
> in a
> young lamb.  Hopeful someone on this list can answer about  
> vaccinating a
> one-week-old lamb.  I asked on sheep-l, lots of sheep vets there.
> Cathy
> Moscow, Idaho
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