[Jacob-list] Another premature lamb

[ARTHUR PARTRIDGE]

--Tom wrote

>so i wrote last week about a premature dead lamb, i just pulled (and

pulled) 

>a dead premature lamb from another of those small ewes. 2 for 2 seems like 

>a bit more than bad luck. the hard pulling was because the little guy had 

>his head back and a leg.

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I hope you are not having what is called an "abortion storm".  I don't know
much about it and have never seen it; I read about it on another list. 

>From Laura Lawson's book, Managing Your Ewe and Her Lamb, you need to get

some of the placental and other tissues analyzed in a lab.  Her book lists
several infectious organisms.  Non-infectious causes are nutritional
deficiencies and/or imbalances and stress related disorders.  It might be
time to consult a vet.

I have an older ewe that started to abort when she was seven years old. 
She would carry a lamb for four months and abort it.  The next lamb was
born healthy.  Then she aborted two years in a row and now I don't breed
her anymore.  She is the only ewe that did this and it is likely a genetic
problem with that particular ewe.  Her daughters have not shown this
problem.
Cathy
Moscow, Idaho