[Jacob-list] Fw: Sick lamb

[Steve and Trish Barrows]

With the selenium deficient soils in the North East, we routinely inoculate each new lamb with BoSe at a rate of 1 ml per 40 lbs of body weight (1 ml minimum)--that is the dosage rate from the BoSe instruction sheet.  Our vet has told us that even if it isn't necessary for a given lamb, the extra Vitamin E and selenium would do no harm.  Hope this helps.    
Steve and Trish
Amazing Grace Farm
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carol LUSSKY 
  To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:33 AM
  Subject: [Jacob-list] Fw: Sick lamb


  Sorry sent this one too to Brenda directly...I'd appreciate guidance from others too!!

  Thanks

  Carol



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  From: "sarbuddy at sbcglobal.net" <sarbuddy at sbcglobal.net>
  To: Brenda <brenda at brenalanfarm.com>
  Sent: Sun, May 9, 2010 11:25:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Sick lamb

  I googled selenium sheep and the first site that came up had.a photo of a lamb that looked just like this little guy. I hope I can treat him and not lose him. Any ideas for dosage etc would be greatly appreciated.
  Thanks already!
  Carol 
  Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry


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  From: "Brenda" <brenda at brenalanfarm.com> 
  Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 20:36:15 -0700
  To: Carol LUSSKY<sarbuddy at sbcglobal.net>
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Sick lamb


  Believe anyone else with more experience than me, but if I were in your shoes and just guessing- I would consider selenium (BoSe) shots, antibiotics (joint ill?) and also consider feeding the milk replacer twice as often, half strength. I hope you get a reply from someone who is sure of what they are seeing. I do think at 10 weeks he should be eating as well as getting milk replacer. Is he around other sheep? Often lambs don't eat something until they see another sheep eat it.

  Brenda
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Carol LUSSKY 
    To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
    Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:18 PM
    Subject: [Jacob-list] Sick lamb


    I need a little advise here...

    I have a bummer lamb that's about 10 weeks old.  He was one of a set of triplets...the first triplets any of my girls have had.  The ewe rejected 2...took to the first one with no problem but didn't want anything to do with the other two.  So the two started getting bottle fed.  One died the second day.  The other guy has been up and down as far as his health seems to go...he had a tough time then seemed to rally back.  Now he has a stiff legged gait with his front legs...one day he's up and around the next day he seems too weak to stand, then he comes back around.  For the past two weeks he's had this stiff gait and it seems like his front end isn't developing as fast as his backend.  His rear is higher then his front shoulders (kinda like a wheelbarrow).  He doesn't eat grass yet although he's out all day.  He's on powdered milk replacer.  And he's really small for being 10 weeks old...all my other lambs that age are twice his size.

    Am I missing something?  Is there some kind of vitamin deficiency?  Should I be providing some type of supplement besides the lambs milk?  I've given him a bowl of dried alfalfa and some Timothy Hay pellets but he isn't interested in that either.  Any advise would be greatly appreciated

    Carol
    Elgin IL


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