Sheep issues

[will6910]

My sheep issues continue, have tested grass and waiting for vet to get back to me if need bloods done but grass has come back very low iodine and cobalt. Been giving ewes bolus for years but not lambs. Been giving them mineral
Drench which has helped some get to fat Weight now. But ewe issue is I have 3 or 4 ewes with lumps like this on their face. Some right side some left side, 1 ram has it to. First one appeared in January and been showing up since. They haven’t been dosed since the lambs first dose in May, and fluke I hope is being controlled. Any ideas what could be ? Not really affected them but worse ones are on cull list just incase

 

[bobajob]

Just from that picture I would say bolusing injury??!

 

[will6910]

Just from that picture I would say bolusing injury??!

Haven’t been bolused since pre lambing last year as just used drench this year

 

[neilo]

Iodine deficiency can show as goitre, which shows as enlarged thyroid glands. Not sure whether it would just be one side, as the picture appears to show. Similarly, fluke or heamonchus can show as bottle jaw, but would it be more underneath the jaw? An infected tooth/jaw could also show as a swelling like that, and on the one side.

When did you give them the last TE drench? None of them, last long, so if it was at lambing, and the land is deficient, they will be lacking it for a while now. Have you tried giving the thin ones another dose of TE's. If it is Iodine, it will change them very quickly, and at least you'll know you have to address it properly. If it's not TE linked, they won't improve from it, and you can rule that out.

 

[will6910]

They haven’t got any mineral drench since pre lambing. Was told ewes shouldn’t need it this time year. Have bolus got for pre tupping tho. They due a fluke dose as grazing a wet corner at min so can min dose up till they get the bolus