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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 7847595" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>I know of a flock back home that went down with it, 2000 mules, wintered & lambed inside. Like most of us, they didn't call the vet to investigate until they'd lost a few. That 'few' was 50 ewes dead at the beginning of lambing one year.</p><p>It certainly wasn't the first thing the vet (who was also my vet at the time) tested for, as he was very much in the 'I've never seen a case, so it doesn't exist' camp. When they did start testing for it, the older ewes were riddled with it and 2/3 of the rams had it.</p><p>They think it came in with the rams, Suffolks bought mostly from one local breeder, at a nearby ram fair, who would obviously have been selling to others too.</p><p></p><p>The whole flock was depopulated, and restocked with mv accredited stock. Nothing goes onto the place without a test now, even if it's from an accredited flock. My vet wanted to test everything that looked off colour for mv after that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite15" alt=":censored:" title="Censored :censored:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":censored:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 7847595, member: 348"] I know of a flock back home that went down with it, 2000 mules, wintered & lambed inside. Like most of us, they didn't call the vet to investigate until they'd lost a few. That 'few' was 50 ewes dead at the beginning of lambing one year. It certainly wasn't the first thing the vet (who was also my vet at the time) tested for, as he was very much in the 'I've never seen a case, so it doesn't exist' camp. When they did start testing for it, the older ewes were riddled with it and 2/3 of the rams had it. They think it came in with the rams, Suffolks bought mostly from one local breeder, at a nearby ram fair, who would obviously have been selling to others too. The whole flock was depopulated, and restocked with mv accredited stock. Nothing goes onto the place without a test now, even if it's from an accredited flock. My vet wanted to test everything that looked off colour for mv after that. :censored: [/QUOTE]
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