[Jacob-list] sheep update... still need some advise

[Hannah]

This animal was going to die.  Our vet has told us about using steroids in
small doses to treat infections in conjunction with antibiotics in goats. 
We felt that we needed to go one step further with this sheep.  I'm sure
you know that any anaerobic creature cannot live in a state of not being
able to breathe for very long.  The Nacell wasn't quite doing the trick
and now she is alive- 100% better.  Thanks for the advise, though.  I've
always wanted to know if we could use steroids to treat one of our dogs. 
I surely won't be doing that.


> Nick had asked about using steroids with pneumonia. I'll start by saying

> that I am a small animal vet and have not practiced on sheep since vet

> school (until recently getting started with Jacobs.) That being said I can

> say in general you would not want to use steroids in the face of

> infection.

> In dogs and cats we would only use them if there was so much

> swelling/inflammation that we felt they needed the effects to be able to

> breathe. I also belong to a small ruminant list (to update my sheep

> medicine

> skills) and it does seem that use of steroids in the face of infection

> seems

> to be much more common in ruminants than in dogs and cats. Maybe one of

> the

> vets on the list has more experience with sheep than I can chime in.

>

>

>

> Karen Askounis

>

> Three Fates Farm

>

> Crete, IL

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