farmeronecow
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- Location
- Dorset
With lambing and spring calving well underway, what are people finding with regards scmallenberg? Has it improved compared to autumn lambing/calving?
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- Thread starter farmeronecow
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We are over halfway through and haven't had anything yet. We did have one of a twin that was deformed not legs just a strange head and a floppy back. Vet didn't think it would be Schmallenburg as the other one of the twin was normal if a little dead as the placenta had come away early. No point testing the cow as nothing could be done for the calf and the cow was already on the cull list so made the short trip to the fat pen. Have heard of some other local farms have had calves born with likely symptoms
Walterp
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Knackerman and vets reports a few around Pembroke - usually deformed legs or deformed faces (as in "he was running around alright, bu he only had half a face, Walterp...").
- Location
- Ashford, Kent
We had one twin today with fused back legs, sister was fine. Apart from one early abortion of a deformed lamb, all the rest are ok so far (only lambing 100) so hope no more
Penmoel
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Came home after midnight to find pure lim heifer calving, a bit sharp but managed, just,to get her in a crush to examine, head coming and front legs bent down,whilst struggling to get the feet up we called the vet. Managed eventually to get the feet up and had ropes on them, legs were very stiff. We put the puller on after a small pull on foot broke off at the knee. Vet arrived and after further exmination one of the feet was a back leg. Everything seemed to be coming from all over.
In the end emergency ceasarian, even then the "ball" of a calf was difficult to get hold off, back legs bent to all shapes and ridiculously long, one of which came up under the belly of the calf and was presented under the calf's head. Went to bed at 4.30am.
Vet says probably a schmallenburg but a test at the VI centre is £76, knowing probably wont do us any good anyway as nothing can be done about it.
In the end emergency ceasarian, even then the "ball" of a calf was difficult to get hold off, back legs bent to all shapes and ridiculously long, one of which came up under the belly of the calf and was presented under the calf's head. Went to bed at 4.30am.
Vet says probably a schmallenburg but a test at the VI centre is £76, knowing probably wont do us any good anyway as nothing can be done about it.
- Location
- Ashford, Kent
Have had two more with slightly deformed front legs, they are OK just don't straighten fully, unfortunately both are from sets of triplets so will be taken off. That is 3/60 so far.
- Location
- Nottinghamshire
- Location
- North Somerset.
Last but one heifer to calve breach presented yesterday, live calf but with bent front legs, will just stand and feed with some assistance. Should I persist or is first loss best loss and find a foster calf?
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
I'm assuming it is not just shortenened tendons below the fetlock, which will straighten out in a week or so? I would persist to start with, if it can get to suckling without support then surely it's worth giving a chance?
blacksheep
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We had one of a set of twins born a couple of weeks ago with a couple of odd joints in its hind legs and really swollen head and body, the twin was fine if a bit on the small side. We weren't expecting to see any cases in the later born lambs, so not sure if it was or wasn't a SBV infected lamb, although the wrong direction of the joints points towards it being SBV.
Had one classic schm' deformed calf and some still births.