[Jacob-list] Olivia update

[Hannah]

Oh, thats too bad.  I hate to hear it when animals die from a sickness
that is so easy to ammend, but nobody that I've told has ever heard of the
remedy.  I'm glad Olivia is doing better.

Everyone, I did not even think to introduce myself.  I have some dairy
goats for pets and family use.  I used to have ALOT of goats and have
re-filled the pasture space with Black Welsh Mt. and Jacob sheep.  This
Spring will be my first lambing and shearing.  I do have several
questions...

When you shear your sheep do you send it to a custom mill to be washed if
you are going to hand spin?  Do you also send it to a mill to be spun?  If
so, which one?  My sheep mentor told me about MacAusland's and they seem
to have really good prices.

What is a good price to ask for raw, unwashed wool? What is the Cydectin
dose for sheep?  What can you use to delouse sheep?  Do you vaccinate and
trim hooves once or twice a year?

I know that I will get a differing answer from everyone who responds, but
I am open to new ideas on this new adventure!

Thanks!

Hk

> Thanks. That was suggested by Lanette. I didn't have a reason to try it as

> Olivia seems recovered, but it's certainly something I didn't know and am

> glad to know now.  One of my goat friends told me that she'd taken a doe

> to UGA for a necropsy and UGA diagnosed clostridium, even though the doe

> had been vaccinated. So it is definitely something to consider.

>

> Linda

>

> www.patchworkfibers.com

> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

>

> 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.

>>

>> 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!!

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> www.patchworkfibers.com

>> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

>> _______________________________________________

>> Jacob-list mailing list, sponsored by Swallow Lane Farm & Fiberworks

>> Jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

>> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/jacob-list

>>

>

>

> --

> Knox Farms

> All Natural Goat's Milk Soaps

> Heritage Breed Livestock and Some That We Just Like

> Say NO! to National Animal ID System!

> http://nonais.org

>

> Member Friends of Traditional Farming

> http://fotfarm.org

>

> Blog

> blog.knoxfarms.com

>

> _______________________________________________

> Jacob-list mailing list, sponsored by Swallow Lane Farm & Fiberworks

> Jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/jacob-list

>



-- 
Knox Farms
All Natural Goat's Milk Soaps
Heritage Breed Livestock and Some That We Just Like
Say NO! to National Animal ID System!
http://nonais.org

Member Friends of Traditional Farming
http://fotfarm.org

Blog
blog.knoxfarms.com