[Jacob-list] Heat related deaths?

[Linda]

So sorry to hear about your loss. It's so rough to lose one.
Any time I see one sheep that is more heat stressed than the rest of the 
flock, I look for a cause. It's my thought that there is some reason 
that the heat is affecting this one sheep more than the others. In my 
area, my first guess is anemia, but it doesn't sound like that was the 
reason for your boy.
As Neal mentions, some plants are more toxic as they wilt and some sheep 
get lazy and will eat plants they normally wouldn't.
Linda

On 7/31/2012 2:13 PM, joy wrote:

> Has anyone had any heat related deaths. I found my ram dead in the 

> pasture on Friday and i have no idea why..... he was fne in the 

> morning, UTD on all his vaccines and had a FAMCHA check recently.... 

> (nice and pink). He was shorn in late may, had access to plenty of 

> water, (both natural stream and stock tank). I had been noticing on 

> the severly hot days he was a bit distresses but everyone's been 

> distressed with all this 100 + degree weather.

> He was a really nice ram :-( ...................

>

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