Sheep Health and Disease
Diseases
Preventing disease reduces economic losses and improves animal welfare. For information on common sheep diseases check out the links below.
- Epididymitis in Sheep
- Pizzle Rot in Sheep
- Pneumonia in Sheep
- Johne's Disease in Sheep
- Chronic Copper Poisoning in Sheep
- Urinary Calculi in Growing Lambs
Health
Sheep producers have moved to a model that tries to maintain sheep and lamb health rather than treat sick animals. You can learn more here.
- Animal Health: Should I try copper oxide wire particles to control parasites in my lambs and sheep?
- Sheep Tail Length
- Biosecurity in the Sheep Flock
- Biosecurity - Health Protection and Sanitation Strategies for Cattle and General Guidelines for Other Livestock (Order No. 09-079)
- Pregnancy Disorders (Metabolic) in Transition Ewes (Order No. 03-017)
Deadstock Disposal
Producers have many options for disposal of deadstock, both on-farm and off-farm.
Learn More
If you haven't found what you're looking for here, please check these external sites.
- Antibiotics
For Sheep (And Other Livestock)
A list of major antibiotics for all animals and reasons for using them. - Control
of Chlamydial Abortion in Sheep
In depth description on how to control Chlamydial abortion in sheep. Site talks about vaccines available in the United Kingdom. - Enterotoxemia
in Lambs
Vaccinations for enterotoxemia in lambs. Includes information about and signs of the disease. - Infectious
Causes of Abortion in Sheep
Reasons for abortion in sheep and tests to discover which infectious agents are in the sheep. Includes general precautions for infectious abortions in sheep. - Internal
Parasite Issues Impacting Grazing Flocks
Reasons for deworming lambs and ewes and information about parasites that can cause problems in the flock. - Johnes Disease
Excellent site by University of Wisconsin covering all aspects of this disease. - Mastitis
Causes as well as actions for treating mastitis in sheep. - Milk
Fever - Hypocalcemia
One person's experience with milk fever. - Scrapie Canada
Information on the national voluntary scrapie certification program. Includes information on the disease. - Spider
Syndrome
Oklahoma state factsheet on basics of spider syndrome. - Tail
Dock Length
Picture of ideal tail dock length.
For more information:
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