Showing posts with label limping lamb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label limping lamb. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 June 2017

update



he spends alot of time standing like this .
Head down, not moving , unsteady on  legs

And is still falling over

We still tihnk its Seleneium deficiency. He has had the treatment. So we have to wait it out and see if he improves .

Saturday, 3 June 2017

its not jointill


We did have a lamb with a limp . And it got a course of antibiotics and got a bit better.  But then it got worse.
And its not limping - its  tripping over its front legs as they give way . The lamb  hasnt got a temperature  and the joints arent swollen so we dont think its anopther episode of infection.
 It could be White muscle disease Due to selenium deficiency . 

this lamb ticks many of the boxes for Selenium deficiency


So its had an injection of Selenium an Vitamin E . It may improve, or it may not . We shall see 



Saturday, 27 May 2017

Another limper




The previous limping lamb has got better - but we've got another one 



And catching it the 'ankle' joint ( left rear leg)  is perhaps a  little swollen. 
And it has a high temperature high 40.7 degrees .  The normal temperature of a lamb is 38.3-39.9 C (100.9 -103.8 F). But it didnt stop her  running around . !

We've had jointill before. She is a bit old ( 3 weeks)  for it , but nevertheless its a course of antibiotics for the 7kg lamb  
In sheep its called  Norocav. Given to people its call Augmentin.

So daily inections for the next 5 days