[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 99, Issue 16

[Joan Gross]

Regarding the hernia, I'm sorry to hear that Kate!  Like Robin said, a band
around the belly would help to keep pressure.  I don't know any
technicalities but I knew a gal who had a foal with a hernia and the foal
wore a belly band for quite some time after surgery.  Good luck!!

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> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:28:09 -0700

> From: Kate Barrett <katebarrett55 at gmail.com>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Ewe with hernia

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> Hi:

> I have a yearling ewe who has a "four finger" hernia. I have never had this

> happen before.  I am thinking it could be a horn injury. It is in the

> midsection of her anterior abdominal area. Vet says hernia surgery would be

> $400 or more, and I could never breed her. I really like this ewe of

> course:)  What are the chances it will heal over, or will it progress and

> continue to grow?  I hate to cull her, but doesn't look promising. Any

> advice would be appreciated.

>

> --

> Kate

> Ruby Peak Farms

> Lostine OR 97857

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> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Ewe with hernia

> To: Kate Barrett <katebarrett55 at gmail.com>

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> Really sorry to hear that. I had a ewe with a hernia a few years ago. It

> was from being horned by another ewe. According to my vet, it would have

> continued to get worse as more "insides" would work out through the

> abdominal wall until the ewe would have been suffering badly. The hernia

> did increase in size and we had to put her down. I'm not sure what a

> 'four finger' hernia is.

>

> Linda

> On 7/18/2012 12:28 PM, Kate Barrett wrote:

> > Hi:

> > I have a yearling ewe who has a "four finger" hernia. I have never had

> > this happen before.  I am thinking it could be a horn injury. It is in

> > the midsection of her anterior abdominal area. Vet says hernia surgery

> > would be $400 or more, and I could never breed her. I really like this

> > ewe of course:)  What are the chances it will heal over, or will it

> > progress and continue to grow?  I hate to cull her, but doesn't look

> > promising. Any advice would be appreciated.

> >

> > --

> > Kate

> > Ruby Peak Farms

> > Lostine OR 97857

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> From: justinedixon at aol.com

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Ewe with hernia

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> I have a ewe who's had a hernia for a couple of years.  Again a  4horn

> injury from her breeding ram.  My vet would not operate as it's too wide to

> stitch.  (Probably 3 finger) Im told over time the innerds can pull through

> the hernia.  The main problem is if it gets cut, the infection will be

> fatal.   If you bred her the strain would push the innerd out. The stress

> of labour would push them out sooner  :-(

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> My girl's has increased in size very slightly over 2 years. She hangs out

> with the other ewes and gets no special treatment.  We will cull her when

> it gets to the time.

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> Stu

> Byeburnfarm

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> From: Kate Barrett <katebarrett55 at gmail.com>

> To: jacob-list <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>

> Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2012 12:33 pm

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Ewe with hernia

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> Hi:

> I have a yearling ewe who has a "four finger" hernia. I have never had

> this happen before.  I am thinking it could be a horn injury. It is in the

> midsection of her anterior abdominal area. Vet says hernia surgery would be

> $400 or more, and I could never breed her. I really like this ewe of

> course:)  What are the chances it will heal over, or will it progress and

> continue to grow?  I hate to cull her, but doesn't look promising. Any

> advice would be apprecihorn iated.

>

> --

> Kate

> Ruby Peak Farms

> Lostine OR 97857

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> From: Robin Lynde <robin at meridianjacobs.com>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Ewe with hernia

> To: Kate Barrett <katebarrett55 at gmail.com>

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> My BFL ram has a hernia. At first it was a relatively small slit in the

> muscle layers(no exterior wound) . Even though it was sort of small, the

> bulge was grapefruit size. You could push the fat, etc back inside. I had

> surgery done at UC Davis but there was so much damage to the edges of the

> internal wound that they weren't sure how successful it would be. After 6

> weeks (?) it opened up again. My vet said that some animals can live their

> whole lives with it and in others it could become a veterinary

> emergency--if that happens hopefully I'll catch it soon enough and he can

> be butchered. He may be a ticking time bomb but right now he is fat and

> happy. (Too fat, he's on a diet.) I plan to use him to breed some ewes

> again this fall and I hope that he can handle it. The hernia is definitely

> not a slit anymore but a big opening. Now that the ram has been shorn it is

> very obvious that there is this huge lump. By the way, at first (after the

> surgery failed) I was supposed to push eve

>  rything back in through the slit every day and I did that. I think that

> the only way that would have helped is if I could have had some kind of

> band around the midsection that was strong enough to hold everything in

> place.

> Robin

> On Jul 18, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Kate Barrett wrote:

>

> > Hi:

> > I have a yearling ewe who has a "four finger" hernia. I have never had

> this happen before.  I am thinking it could be a horn injury. It is in the

> midsection of her anterior abdominal area. Vet says hernia surgery would be

> $400 or more, and I could never breed her. I really like this ewe of

> course:)  What are the chances it will heal over, or will it progress and

> continue to grow?  I hate to cull her, but doesn't look promising. Any

> advice would be appreciated.

> >

> > --

> > Kate

> > Ruby Peak Farms

> > Lostine OR 97857

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> Robin Lynde

> Vacaville, CA

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