[Jacob-list] Polyarthritis

[Linda]

Isn't polyarthritis very different from polio? Isn't polyarthritis joint-ill - caused by an infection usually entering the body via the navel cord or breaks from banding? Environmental and not genetic.  Polio is a thiamine deficiency (or the inability to utilize thiamine).  Could be genetic or could be environmental.

Linda
 
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Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn




> I have a 2+ month old ewe lamb that seems to have this.  I found

> her in a heap yesterday in the back paddock behind a building and

> my first reaction was somebody knoked her into the side of the

> building - but there were only 2 other adult ewes besides her dam

> in the pen (ad 2 female lamas).

>

> I carried her back to the barn and gave her a private room that she

> broke out of and so had her provisions eaten by the resident pair

> awaiting their new home (pickup).  On reading about this disease, I

> gave her 1.5 cc Pen-aq this AM and she was briefly a bit more alert

> - plus I have been using nutri-drench liberaly.  She is not keen on

> eating corn-based ration from my hand and only nibbles at the hay.

>

> I had a ram last summer that I got thru some such similar crisis -

> at the time I thought he had been knocked about by Jeanette - seft

> appointed queen.  Now I am wondering if he had the same thing - he

> is a half brother to this ewe via the sire.  This particular sire

> also was a partner in producing 2 stillborn ewes one in 2006 and

> one this year  (as well as a number of normal sheep)- so I am

> thinking maybe he has a genetic defect and I should stop using him. 

>  Any thoughts - also on success with polyarthritis - or maybe

> polio?  If I get her thru this, I probably should NOT use her as a

> breeder - correct?

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