Louping ill treatment

[hoff135]

Have been having the odd case the past few years but this year has been worse. 4 gimmers so far with suspected infection. 2 are dead, and currently have 2 being treated, one we have being pushing out and in to a shed with a wheel barrow for nearly a month to get grass, she is almost back on her feet. Have another starting the same regime.

We have been giving a course of pen strep, just wondering if there is a better antibiotic? And should I keep it going for longer than 5 days? We switched to betamox every 2 days for a week after the pen strep

 

[hoff135]

Well feck me, the one that was almost on her feet is dead. She lambed 2 days ago and with out too much bother I pulled a dead, slightly rotten lamb from her, and was hoping that would help her on recovery. This morning found her with a massive prolapse, possibly due to the fact there was a bit of rotten cleaning in her.

We tried the harness and spoon, normally when you push it in they stop pushing but she didn't, forcing it out round the spoon. After a few minutes playing about trying to get it to settle, died right in front of me. A whole bloody month spent bringing her round

 

[Pistonbroke]

Had one prolapse before lambing,truss on for a few days,lambed,threw out again. Truss back on,been out with her lambs 100% fit and well for a fortnight. Yesterday took the truss off,she just carried on as normal. This morning she's turned herself inside out and died.

 

[Lynemorebf]

Have your sheep been treated with a pour on for tic? And are they bred on the farm?
There’s no A/B that will cure it unfortunately. I’ve had sheep in past survive for a while with mild symptoms but most will die- the ones you see anyway.
Sheep under 2 be ones most vulnerable.
There has been a vaccine been made again I believe but issues with funding/uptake of product.

 

[Lynemorebf]

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[hoff135]

Have your sheep been treated with a pour on for tic? And are they bred on the farm?
There’s no A/B that will cure it unfortunately. I’ve had sheep in past survive for a while with mild symptoms but most will die- the ones you see anyway.
Sheep under 2 be ones most vulnerable.
There has been a vaccine been made again I believe but issues with funding/uptake of product.

Home bred yes, very much on tick ground. They get pour on when going to the hil for the autumn, and at other times but they do get exposed to ticks, but that should help with immunity?

Basically been treated same as they always were but this is the worst I've seen.

Only thing that might have made it worse is they lost a lot of condition this year after tupping, due to all the rain, despite being on ad-lib silage.

Just waiting for the next one to go down

 

[cheviot53]

When i had louping ill in a flock in Argyll ,it was only a certain piece of inbye ground that had a problem and the next door estate only had it on a block of rough ground , big problem when they stopped the vaccine

 

[ladycrofter]

We have ticks in Highland in January. It's so bad here that we have to put spot-on on newborn lambs or else they're crawling with ticks a day later. No cure.
You're only hope is to keep them under tick cover 365 days a year. I believe they do develop some immunity but not completely.

 

[hoff135]

We have ticks in Highland in January. It's so bad here that we have to put spot-on on newborn lambs or else they're crawling with ticks a day later. No cure.
You're only hope is to keep them under tick cover 365 days a year. I believe they do develop some immunity but not completely.

Same here, spot on the moment they are dry. Don't cover the ewes all year though, honestly if it'd that bad now I question the point of continuing. Load of lambs last August down with tick as well

 

[ladycrofter]

We get some mileage from dipping in October. I worry about the dogs, suppose they would have gotten it if they were susceptible. Literally crawling ticks in January this year.