[Jacob-list] Coughing lambs

[Neal and Louise Grose]

Most of the time, drugs are formulated for use on cattle. You need to look to see if the label specifically mentions sheep; otherwise, you will need to consult with a vet.  In talking to our vet on dosage rates, we are in agreement that doubling the dosage for sheep because of their higher metabolism, and also young stock are often dosed 2X as compared to the adult rate. 

I am a little leery of a diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in a newborn lamb. In lambs or calves less than 3 days old, I would expect that the culprit is mechanical form inhaled fluids. Bacterial pneumonia generally occurs secondary to mechanical or viral pneumonia.

Neal Grose

PS: Why is it that if giving antibiotics to animals has resulted in antibiotic resistant bacteria in people, that penicillin still works in sheep and cows? 

By the way, one of the few places where penicillin is still practically the only choice is in treatment of clostridia infections. The treatment is for near lethal doses of penicillin.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Linda 
  To: aztreaz at earthlink.net ; jacob-list 
  Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Coughing lambs


  Yep, that's what I see when I look in Lawson's book, although it says 1 or 2.  It would be a pretty high dose for an adult (20 cc for an adult ewe), but I can see the reasoning behind being so aggressive towards pneumonia in a newborn. 
   
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  On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:13:56 -0700, ARTHUR PARTRIDGE wrote:
  >> Isn't that a rather high dosage??
  >>
  >> Linda
  > =======
  > Could be.  I got it out of Laura Lawson's book Managing Your Ewe
  > and Her Newborn Lamb.  She apparently hits the possibility of
  > pneumonia quite hard and admits it.  As I recall, I used a half cc
  > of Nuflor for a 5 lb newborn (2-day old) lamb, on advise from a
  > sheep vet.  Laura L. recommends 2cc/10 lbs, Penicillin.  What do
  > you and others recommend?  I think Sue's lambs are older, they are
  > eating hay. Cathy not a vet, willing to learn
  >
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