Texel throat?

[Further a field]

Evening all ...I've got a heavily pregnant texel ewe that is making what I can only describe as a noise like a braying donkey and panting heavily with its tongue out.its bright and eating .I ve given it 2 shots of alymicin but no improvement. A local suggested it might be texel throat...what is that?
Could it be anything else..lung worm,pneumonia?

 

[Stewartry hill]

Get some metacam into it

 

[gwi1890]

Take it to the vet for steroids, then cull it eventually , if it’s texel throat you will have to treat her more than once probably, it will be reoccurring problem

 

[bazza3034]

Thats a fault in texels i had a ram that done that penstrep as far a s i mine but better ask vet first

 

[Further a field]

Take it to the vet for steroids, then cull it eventually , if it’s texel throat you will have to treat her more than once probably, it will be reoccurring problem

Will metacam help ?.its not had any probs before and is a 3 time lamber

 

[bazza3034]

Its only apain killer prob be short lived relief see what vet says does ot look uncomfortable if not dont panic

 

[Further a field]

Its only apain killer prob be short lived relief see what vet says does ot look uncomfortable if not dont panic

It doesn't particularly look back and is eating nuts and grazing but I can hear it a field away!

 

[Lili]

Will metacam help ?.its not had any probs before and is a 3 time lamber

Its antiinflammatory as well as a painkiller.

 

[Stewartry hill]

Will metacam help ?.its not had any probs before and is a 3 time lamber

It will help but not cure you don't want to keep it.wery.long

 

[gwi1890]

Will metacam help ?.its not had any probs before and is a 3 time lamber

How bad is she? i had it on a shearling tup once and layed flat in the field and didn’t move about alot didn’t wheeze or breathe loud just when you put 2 fingers gently under his chin and released 5 seconds later was gasping that how my vet “diagnosed “ him
Had to go back and forth with him to the vet for a while the he made a full recovery sold him as a cull only for a local farmer to buy him and tell me year on year that its was the best tup he ever had

 

[Further a field]

How bad is she? i had it on a shearling tup once and layed flat in the field and didn’t move about alot didn’t wheeze or breathe loud just when you put 2 fingers gently under his chin and released 5 seconds later was gasping that how my vet “diagnosed “ him
Had to go back and forth with him to the vet for a while the he made a full recovery sold him as a cull only for a local farmer to buy him and tell me year on year that its was the best tup he ever had

 

[Further a field]

I ll give metacam a try..just researched dosage it seems to be 1ml/20kg body weight under the skin on neck

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

Some strong ABs ie. draxxin or zactran and steroid off your vet

 

[AftonShepherd]

I think our vet has given us Cobactan(?) for a couple of tups before. Worked better with one than the other, although even then wasn't a permanent cure.

 

[neilo]

Antibiotics and a steroid will apparently sort it temporarily (if you're lucky), but it is a genetic fault and she should be culled at weaning, if she gets that far, along with her progeny.

Be aware though, if she is heavily pregnant then the steroid injection needed will abort/induce the lambs.

 

[Further a field]

Antibiotics and a steroid will apparently sort it temporarily (if you're lucky), but it is a genetic fault and she should be culled at weaning, if she gets that far, along with her progeny.

Be aware though, if she is heavily pregnant then the steroid injection needed will abort/induce the lambs.

Is it always the case they may abort or induce with steroids?

 

[neilo]

Is it always the case they may abort or induce with steroids?

Put it this way, if I want to induce/synchronise lambing, the method I use is a shot of cortisone...

 

[Longlowdog]

It is called Laryngeal Chondritis, the prognosis is never good. It is an infection/inflammation of the cartilage in the throat which is very poorly supplied with blood vessels and is very slow to regenerate. Medications are very slow to migrate to this area.
The ewe in my avatar was 3,800 gn and died of it 8 months after I bought her. There seems to be a genuine correlation with short necks and blocky heads and the condition.