Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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Shouldn’t bother the locals if there’s more sheep there and the auction is flying. More buyers will come and be keener so makes the sheep dearer.
Is that any change recently?
livestock 1
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When I went through them with alamycin it did put a break in it for a few days not 100% though but only lasted a few days
There is an antibiotic which stops it but they need very regular doses so it’s impractical can’t remember the name of it think it starts with a B
livestock 1
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Usually some get infected and die of it
cubby
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- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
I thought the chlamydia one was enzootic abortion and campylobacter was a different thing altogether? Not seen campy but have seen Enzo
livestock 1
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Sorry that’s probably rightI thought the chlamydia one was enzootic abortion and campylobacter was a different thing altogether? Not seen campy but have seen Enzo
Campo has white discharge
The vet(s) also told me when you get campo enzootic can turn up as well
It was Champylbactor 10 I think when I had it
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I’m the same don’t know one from other
- Location
- North of Perth
I think it can do. Our vets said wee would probably better just to ride it out this time
It's on a 10-25 day cycle.very contagious, so if a ewe aborts or has dead lambs.other will pick it up from there (tight lambing sheds aren't great for that).
So we have been isolating them when we see one starting to lamb
ISCO
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- Location
- North East
When we had it twice we had 30% aborted or had weak lambs that died. Year after no sign at all.
We have a bit about this year but not too many. Will be looking to vaccinate next year.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Where do you draw the line on vaccinations with sheep….heptavac, enzo, toxo, campo. Christ the costs soon mount up and all the extra work…..I don’t vaccinate them for a single thing…. I know one day I’ll live to regret it.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
The last proper Campy storm I had, blanket Alamycin LA stopped it almost overnight.
Apparently there are resistant strains about though, so it might also do nothing.
There aren't any other options anyway, so not a lot to lose.
- Location
- North of Perth
I do them with heptavac an that's it but seriously thinking about a Jag for campy.
- Location
- Devon
You will always get the most problems in the first few days.
Could be worse if sheep are only looked after part time.
That’s a Lairg type Cheviot.
- Location
- Cheshire
Are they the real angry ones?
- Location
- Northumberland
I just give my lambs Covexin about May time and at weaning and thats it. Scratch for Orf if theres any vaccine.
All these horror stories of abortion is getting me seriously worried. As if the weather and just general lambing problems arent enough to worry about.
Ewes get crushed propcorn Barley or oats with some nuts mixed in from about mid January,gradually building up until they start lambing,and thats it. After that they get nowt but grazing.
Best thing i can ever do is pull maybe 2 or 3 dozen thins out in January onto a better field on their own. It saves a fair few lives.
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