FASH12-14 Ill Thrift in Adult Sheep

Question 1

Describe the five point plan for preventing infectious lameness.

Answer 1

Vaccinate - establish immunity

Cull - build resilience

Avoid - reduce disease challenge

Treat - reduce disease challenge

Quarantine - reduce disaese challenge

Question 2

How do you treat infectious lameness?

Answer 2

Dont wait

Dont trim

Oxytetracycline spray

NSAID

Question 3

When do you cull and sheep with infectious lameness?

Answer 3

Remove the chronic cases and remove repeat offenders

Question 4

Describe ways to avoid spreading infectious lameness?

Answer 4

Avoid gathering

Foot bathing (can be a risk factor)

Areas of high traffic

Question 5

Define ill thrift?

Answer 5

Low body condition score

Inability to recondition despite increased feeding

For young sheep, not meeting expected growth targets

Question 6

What is the cause of ill thrift?

Answer 6

Follow the food

• Can’t chew
• Can’t get to the food
• Not enough food
• Not the right food
• Can’t absorb the food
• Inefficient use of the food/diverted resources

Question 7

What agent causes Johne’s disease?

Answer 7

Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis

Question 8

What is ovine pulmonary adenomatosis?

Answer 8

Tumour of the clara cells of the lungs that causes loss of alveoli strucutre, excess fluid production, consolidation of lung tissue

The wheel barrow disease