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Flock Health

Flock Health. 3-8-12. Sheep Misnomers. Sick sheep are dead sheep All sheep are born looking for a place to die. Sheep Facts normal. Body Temperature - 102 Respiration rate - 20 Heart beat - 75. Major Health Concerns. Abortions Pneumonia Coccidiosis Digestive Disorders

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Flock Health

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  1. Flock Health 3-8-12

  2. Sheep Misnomers Sick sheep are dead sheep All sheep are born looking for a place to die

  3. Sheep Factsnormal • Body Temperature - 102 • Respiration rate - 20 • Heart beat - 75

  4. Major Health Concerns • Abortions • Pneumonia • Coccidiosis • Digestive Disorders • Internal Parasites • Footrot

  5. Buy healthy sheep Minimize stress space nutrition air quality social Biosecurity new sheep visitors stock trailers scales shows Healthy sheep

  6. Abortions Toxoplasmosis Enzootic Abortion in Ewes (EAE or chlamydia) Campylobater Vibrio

  7. Abortion Prevention Know what diseases you have Vaccinate Feed antibiotics ????? Feed coccidiostats, not approved Biosecurity Isolate aborting ewes Vet Client Patient Relationship

  8. Coccidiosis Environmental problem Fecal oral Use feed additives Bovatec Deccox Water treatments Corrid Sulfa

  9. Digestive Disorders Overeating Vaccination Use feed additives OTC or CTC Feedbunk management

  10. Digestive Disorders Acidosis Gradual ration changes Feedbunk management Secure feed storage May lead to polio

  11. Internal Parasites Strategic approach some de-worm every 21 days $$$ Key treatment times 1. Pre-turn out in spring 2. Pre-lambing Success depends on clean pastures

  12. Internal Parasites Clean pasture No sheep for 6 months Jan-June or July- Dec Hay field re-growth Crop residue

  13. Internal Parasites Effective dosing correctly administered route and amount good stockmanship Rotating de-wormers ????

  14. Footrot & Producer Attitudes 1. Accept footrot and limping sheep 2. Believe facilities are permanently contaminated 3. Too soft on trimming

  15. Producer Attitudes 4. Do not regularly trim feet 5. Want a shot or feed additive to cure the problem

  16. Footrot basics • Dichelobacter nodosus • Fusobacterium necrophorum (always present)

  17. Transmission • From infected to clean sheep • Best environmental conditions 40-70 degrees wet soil or bedding hoof injury

  18. Prevention • Assume all flocks have footrot • Quarantine new purchases • Contaminated trailers • Trust no one

  19. Treatment • Harsh trimming • Foot soaks (60 minutes) • 10% zinc sulfate with wetting agent • Vaccination (Footvax not available)

  20. Treatment • Separate clean from infected • Can only live outside the foot for less than 2 weeks • Cull non-responders • Dry pens • Antibiotics (LA200 at 5mg/kg every other day)

  21. Summary Never buy it Footrot free flocks do exist

  22. Foot Scald • Less hoof damage • whitish, pasty material between the hooves • Wet conditions • Foot soaks very effective • Antibiotics

  23. Soremouth • Zoonotic disease • Long lived • Timing is everything • Mastitis is greatest problem • youth flocks

  24. Summary on Health • You can not afford to treat for every possible problem • Biosecurity and stress • VPCR • Prevention is cheaper than treatment • Know your flocks health problems

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