Posted by Bret4207 on March 24, 2015 at 04:04:27 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: sheep posted by ohiojim on March 24, 2015 at 03:42:31:
White Muscle Disease is the first thing that comes to mind. Are you in a Selenium deficient area? Do the ewes and lambs get a sheep mineral feed with Selenium added? WMD will give those symptoms among others. Doesn't sound like respiratory or worms. Not Coccidia either, unless they had a runny stool. Were either running a temp? Tetanus is another possibility on;y you won't get much thrashing. Were they at all lethargic prior to this? Poisoning is another possibility. Were they eating anything new or unusual? Maybe bought in bales or hay off a new field or one they hadn't eaten off before? An autopsy is the surest way to find out what killed them, WMD kills very fast once it reaches critical level. You can find pictures on many places. If you even think it might be WMD a shot of BoSe (Vit B and Selenium) will often save them if they aren't too far gone. If it is WMD then you need to either get some dedicated sheep mineral (no copper) down in front of your sheep or hit the whole flock with BoSe.
I don't know if you have any sheep oriented vets in your area or if you flock size justifies using one. If it doesn't or you don't have any sheep vets in your area, I highly recommend this book- http://sheepbooks.com/LP.html It's a lamb specific diagnostic workbook that outlines issues through flow charts, descriptions and remedies. It also outlines all the various diseases, illness, etc of course. No shepherd should be without it in my opinion.
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