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Lambing (Ewe problems (Before (Nutritional/metabolic diseases (Pregnancy…

- - - - Assist if no signs after 30mins of water bag/over 90mins of labour
    - - Lack of cervical dilation at lambing due to prolapse/breech/dead lamb
  - - - Treat with antibiotics + exercise then cull
    - - Predisposing factors: poor hygiene, poor udder condition, trauma
      - Chronic + subclinical-hard + lumpy udder
      - Inflammation of the udder
      - Acute gangrenous + non-gangrenous-hot/swollen udder, lumpy/bloody milk
  - - - Pregnancy Toxaemia (twin lamb disease) due to multiple foetuses/undernutrition, give calcium + feed/induce labour
      - Hypocalcaemia is caused by + treated similarly as above
    - - Caused by Chlamydohila abortus/Toxoplasma gondii
    - - Due to over fatness/triplets, clean prolapse then use harness/stitches/induce labour
- - - - Symptoms: no sucking, bloating, tucked up, drooling, death
      - Treatment: antibiotics, feed glucose/electrolyte solution no milk
      - Causes: E.coli contaminated environment, low colostrum intake, low abomasum pH
      - Prevent by improving ewe nutrition, supplement colostrum feeding, clean pens, no castration/tail docking first 24 hours