1. Vaginal Prolapse
Management problem
Over feeding roughage
Large bales
Obese ewes
Short tail docking
Respiratory

2. Causes of Death Starvation Poor ewe condition Weak ewe or lamb
Plugged teats
Mastitis
Mis-mothering
Poor suckling

3. Stillbirths/dystocia
Symptoms of dystocia
yellow fleece
causes - Fat ewes, Poor hybrid vigor, large BW
Was it truly born dead?
Stillborns
-infectious
-hypoxia (observation)

4. Solutions Condition score Observation Feed antibiotics
Intercom, video camera
Feed antibiotics
Vaccinate against campylobacter and chlamydia
BoSe ??????
Assist after 30 minutes in labor
Selection

5. Pneumonia
Causes
poor air quality
too many sheep
wet bedding

6. Solution 20 ft.2 for ewes with lambs Sulfa water treatment
Improve ventilation
Open up barn
Use more bedding
Pre-lambing shearing

7. Antibiotics Feeding 60-65 mg/day 6 weeks prior to lambing Results
65-73%  in lamb losses
University of Wyoming
S.D. State University

8. Intestinal Disorders - Causes
Wet bedding
Stress
Inadequate colostrum

9. Newborn Management 1 - Colostrum intake 2 - Clip - Dip - Strip
minimum 2 ounces/8 pounds
ideal 10% of BW first 24 hrs.
2 - Clip - Dip - Strip
castrate and dock early
3 - Lambing Jugs
4 x 6, 5 x 5
S 24 hr, Tw 48 hr, Tr 72 hr
4 - Observe often
5 - Check for inverted eyelids

10. Mastitis Management Early weaning 60 days or less
Dry up ewes prior to weaning
Reduce protein
Reduce energy
Remove water ?

11. Vaginal Prolapse
Prevention/treatment
Induce lambing
Harness
Prolapse spoon
Suture
Reduce roughage
Condition score ewes
Cull

12. Infectious diseases Soremouth
Contagious ecthyma or Orf
zoonotic disease
a pox virus
nuisance disease
wide spread through out industry vaccinate away concerns

13. Coccidiosis
Parasite
Symptoms
diarrhea
attacks intestinal lining
bloody
unthrifty
long term poor doers

14. Coccidiosis
Management problem
Clean water
Clean feeders
Environmental contamination
Lambs 4-10 weeks of age
weaning stress increases risk

15. Coccidiosis
Preventatives
Bovatec
Deccox
Individual treatments
Problem adequate intake via creep
Treat environment

16. Sudden death
Causes:
white muscle disease
coccidiosis
pneumonia
trauma
enterotoxemia

17. Ovine Progressive Pneumonia OPP
Slow virus, retrovirus
10% of infected show symptoms
hard bad, minimal milk flow
arthritis in rams
wasting, thin ewes
method of transfer
colostrum intake
aerosol
caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE)

18. OPP
Treatment None
Becoming OPP free
Blood test
AGID, very specific & low sensitivity
ELISA, very sensitive but less specific
delayed sero-conversion
Orphan rearing and two site production

19. OPP
OPP free flocks do exist
OPP Free Sheep Breeders Society
Precautions:
Multiple negative tests
Colostrum sources
Tubing lambs

20. Caseous lymphadenitis
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
cheesy abscesses along the lymph system
maybe internal or external
unthrifty to no affect
leading cause of chronic wasting
carcass condemnation
> 25% of all ewe and ram carcasses

21. Caseous lymphadenitis
Treatment none
Management
Oral or external exposure
Minimize wounds
Shearing order
Vaccination
CaseBac

22. Epididymitis
Ram lambs
Hot rations
Responds to LA 200
Temporary infertility

23. Epididymitis
Mature rams
Cause Brucella Ovis
ELISA test
large operations
large ram groups
permanent reduced fertility

24. Club Lamb Fungus
Zoonotic disease
show lamb industry
similar to ringworm

25. Abortion Agents
Campylobacter
Enzootic Abortion Ewes
Toxoplasmosis
Cache Valley Virus
Listeria