[Jacob-list] Olivia update

[Hannah]

Hello,

I'm new to Jacob sheep (I have a ram and a ewe), but I have had dairy
goats for the better half of my life.  For the goats we use CDT, but still
have a very few (usually a weaker one) animals get clostridium.  For those
goats we have an excellent 'cure' which was recommended by former NC state
vet and I'm sure it would work on a sheep.  It is 10ml Clostridium
antitoxin (not toxoid) orally and 10ml subQ one time.  Then treat the
animal with PenG for 5 days.  Usually a couple of hours after the
antitoxin they are all rosey again!

I'm sorry you've been having trouble and I hope shes better for sure!

Hk



> Today Olivia has real pellets - still slightly soft, but close to normal.

> Monday she received her second round of Sustain (which is a time release

> sulfamethazine).  I realized that I had underdosed on the kaolin (was

> using a dog dosage) on Sunday, so on Monday, she also got two doses of 4

> ounces each of Kaolin.

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> Some of the suggestions I received privately were:

> whipworms, which do not always show up in a flotation fecal egg count -

> needs to be centrifuged, which we didn't do. Would have done that if the

> sustain didn't work.

> Clostridium was mentioned. Olivia is up to date on her shots, but

> clostridium could have caused the upset and was something I'd thought

> about. I've read that many undiagnosed ailments may be clostridium. I tend

> to think that the CDT is mostly for tetanus and need to be reminded that

> it protects against more than tetanus.

> Irritable bowel syndrome was jokingly suggested, but who knows - maybe

> sheep do get ibs.

>

> This has gone on with Olivia for over three weeks. No other sheep has

> exhibited anything except normal pellets. Olivia is "cured", but I still

> can't say for sure just what she had. Sometimes you just got to be

> satisfied with recovery :-)

>

> Linda

> Where we have received over 9" of rain in the last two days!!

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