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Perinatal issues in sheep Flashcards

1
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How much do of BW do animals usually eat

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2.1%

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2
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Causes and treatment of ringwomb

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Failure of cervix to dilate
- May be due to premature parturition, malpresentation, disruption, low Ca2+, cervical scarring, exogenous oestrogens

Treating: manual dilation
- May use prostaglandins or oestradiol benzoat

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3
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Treatment given in cases of uterine prolapse

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Abs, NSAIDs, Ca2+ (because low Ca2+ can cause uterine inertia which contrbutes), oxytocin to aid involution

NB: not any more likely to recur

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4
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Purse string vs Buhner suture

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Purse string is for anus
Buhner is for vagina

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In twin lamb disease what two factors cause clinical signs

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Hypoglycaemia
Hyperketonaemia

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Traeting twin lamb disease

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Palatable good, propylene glycol mixture, IV glucose if severe neurological signs…

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Preventing twin lamb disease

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Ensure sheep in good body condition at lambing i.e 3-3.5
> Should feed according to number of fetuses

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8
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Differences between ketosis in sheep and goats

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In goats we see in lactation as well as late pregnancy
+ signs include subcut oedema

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What is a low blood calcium level

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<1.4mmol/L

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Treating hypocalcaemia in sheep

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Give 10-20ml of 40% calcium borogluconate; IV
+ calcium/magnesium/dextrose subcut solutino

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Causes of hypocalcaemia

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(high Ca2+ demand e.g in late pregnancy)
- See signs after stress, decreased food intake, change in diet, need enough Mg2+ for uptake which has no stores

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When do we see issues of hypomagnesaemia in sheep

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Early lactation
> No body stores and high demand
+ Uptake Na+ dependent so lower when lower Na:K ratio

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Signs of hypomagnesaemia in sheep

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Ataxia, incoordinatino, increased TPR< collapse, convulsion and death

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Treating hypomagnesaemia in sheep

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SUBCUTANEOUS injection of magnesium sulphate

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Distinguishing hypocalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia and pregnancy toxaemia

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Timing and speed of onset
Hypocalcaemia = fastest onset + pre-lambing
Pregnancy toxaemia = slow onset; >48hours; pre lambing
Hypomagnesaemia = medium onset BUT usually in lactation

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16
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Difference in presentation of acute vs chronic mastitis

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Acute: sudden onset, lame appearance ewe, pyexic/inappatent, udder red/painful/swollen
Chronic: may just notice from poor lamb growth; lumps in udder but ewe systemically well

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Difference in approach to acute vs chronic mastitis in ewes

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Acute: systemic and antimammary Abs, NSAIDs, stripping BUT KEEP
Chronic: may lance abscesses but cull at weaning

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18
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Causative agents in mastitis

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In 80% isolate M haemolytica (from lamb URT), S aureus (skin commensal)

Also get some cases with E coli, T pyogenes other staphs
Chronic cases often S aureus or T pyogenes

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19
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What angles do we want teats to come out at

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4 and 8 o clock

20
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How can orf (from lambs mouths) predispose to mastitis

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Lymphoid follicles near udder disappear so lose this defence

21
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When is VIMCO S aureus vaccine cost effective for mastitis

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When 10% prevalence

22
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What disease causing agalactiae is notifiable

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Contagious agalactiae BUT absent from UK

(due to mycoplasma agalactiae)

23
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What virus can cause symmetrical udder hardness in ewes

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Maedi-Visna

24
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What level do we want concentration of BHB in the blood to be less than

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<1.1mmol/L

25
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What do low albumin levels indicate

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Long term
– Chronic disease; e.g fasciolosis

26
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What do low magnesium levels tell us

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Sheep not eating enough; because no stores of Mg so this reflects CURRENT intae

27
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What is the max than concentrates should make up of the DMI to avoid ruminal acidosis

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60%

28
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How long do brown fat reserves + glycogen in newborn lambs last

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5-6 hours

29
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What causes watery mouth disease

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Non enteropathogenic E coli
- Seen in 12-48 hour old lambs; high morlaity

30
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What can cause septicaemia in young lambs

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Enteroinvasive E coli crossing gut lining

31
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What should we be using to dip lamb navels

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10% iodine

32
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What is the main bacteria involved in joint ill

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Strep dysgalactiae (mother vaginal commensals)

33
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How do we treat joint ill in lambs

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Corticosteroid injection
Procaine penicillin

34
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What is drunken lamb or floppy kid syndrome

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Metabolic acidosis of unknown origin
Seen mainly in sucklers; may relate to milk
–> remove kids from mum in outbreak

35
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What causes lamb dysentry and which lambs do we see it in

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Clostridium perfringens
In large, strong, lambs

36
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What causes systemic pasteurellosis in lambs

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Mannheimia haemolytica

37
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What is entropion

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Congenital defect = inturned eyelids
- Can manually roll out, or use clips, or use penicillin injection

38
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Suggested risk factors for contracted tendons

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Large lambs/litter size, iodine deficiency OR toxicity, poisonous plants

39
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What does copper deficiency in utero lead to in young lambs

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Spinal cord demyelination; progressie posterior paralysis
= SWAYBACK

40
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What does selenium deficiency in lamb cause

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Oxidative damage to muscle tissue (see pale muscle areas with calcium deposits); weakness, stiffness, heart rate and murmur

Normally selenium rather than vit E which is the issue

41
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What does iodine deficiency in utero cause

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STillbirth or weak lambs with enlarged thyroid

42
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Risk with oversupplementing pregnant ewes with iodine

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Can get lamb hypermaturity and decreased colostrum absorption

43
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What do different umbilical cord appearances mean

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Shrivelled and dried = died post partum
Square end = died inter-partum
Tapered end = died pre-partum

44
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What total protein level in a lamb do we consider to be total FPT

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<45g/L
We want >55 g/L

45
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What does a change of brown fat from pink white to brown and gelatinous indicate

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Starvatino/exposure

46
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What does lots of fractured liver capsules on lamb post mortems suggest

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There is enzootic abortion of ewes going on; this causes large, friable livers

47
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Signs of dystocia in PM lamb

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Subcut oedema, broken ribs, meconium staining, meningeal/scleral bleeds, fractured liver capsule

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