Ivomec Controls 14 types of sheep roundworms, all larval stages of nasal bots, and lungworms. Ivomec has an 0 day withdrawal time prior to butchering.  Controls 14 types of sheep roundworms, all larval stages of nasal bots, and lungworms. Has a wide margin of safety – safe in pregnant ewes, rams, and lambs. Dosage is…

Bloat is a condition where the lamb is unable to belch up the gas which is formed in the second stomach (rumen). The pressure will build up until it interferes with the lambs breathing and heart and he can die. It is caused by certain alfalfa hays, clover and alfalfa pastures. The lambs abdominal area…

FEED HAY FIRST Bill McCutcheon Ontario Sheep Specialist OMAFRA March, 1991 Sheep are ruminant animals; this makes it possible for them to consume and utilize roughage or highly fibrous feeds. Animals with simple stomachs (pigs or dogs) are not capable of fully digesting fibrous plant material such as hay. However, the ruminant animal can digest…

Urolithiasis (stones in the urinary tract) is caused by an imbalance of calcium and phosphorus in the diet. Calcium in the diet should be 2.5 times more than phosphorus.  Alfalfa hay is high in calcium and grains are high in phosphorus.  When lambs are eating 3-4 lbs of grain per day and a pound or…

Clell V. Bagley, DVM, Extension Veterinarian Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5600 April 1998 AH/Sheep/17 There are two major udder disease problems of ewes, hardbag and bluebag. They both tend to occur sporadically and are frustrating for producers to treat or prevent. HARDBAG Hardbag results from an accumulation of fibrous tissue in the udder which…

Prolapse is a major cause of ewe mortality. Ewes, and especially ewe lambs, that are fat and aren’t getting exercise seem prone. Moldy feed that contains estrogen may upset hormone balance sufficiently to cause expulsion of the vagina or uterus. Vaginal prolapse occurs before lambing and may be inherited. It may be due to too…

If the flock is lambed on the range, assistance is not given to individual ewes. Catching those needing help causes so much disruption of ewes with normal lambs and results in so many orphans, it is detrimental. One of the primary advantages of shed lambing a range flock is being able to better assist during…