[Jacob-list] Breech birth

[Sue Roenke]

     Marie (I assisted..LOL) pulled a dead ram lamb last year from a ewe (took an hour I am guessing,) and it was obvious the ewe was in pain - nose dragged on the ground the first day or so and walked gingerly (also she was sad I am sure) and she gave her penicillin for possible infection for 5 days and banamine (pain killer) for 3 days and she seems to be fine. We will see what happens as far as her lambing this year, she is a lilac so Marie wants to give her another chance.   
    At Cornell Sheep Farm where Marie works now, she pulls lambs all the time and they rarely give any treatments unless they can see a ewe in pain, a tear, lots of blood loss, or runs a temperature.  She also doesn't always use a sleeve, and normally rinses off between ewes - not terribly sanitary due to time yet the ewes do fine.
Sue

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To: shmee1 at mail.com; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:12:44 -0600
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Breech birth



In my opinion, if you feel that all of the placentas were expelled, and you were relatively clean when you went in, it should be fine.  I fret about a perforated uterus on an odd ball presentation at birth but that does not sound like the issue here.  It sounds like she is sore and wiped out from the dystocia.  Jacob sheep just don't seem to have the issues of others.  Most of my experience with dysocia is related to other breeds and species.  Under the circumstances,  if she were mine, id give her a few days of penicillin and a little TLC.  You can monitor her temperature to give you a heads up of trouble brewing    

Jennifer Tucker
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