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Health problems of neonates

There are many diseases which can cause lambs and kid to die during their first several weeks of life. On this page, links are listed alphabetically according to disease or topic: entropion, floppy kid syndrome, general information, hypothermia, joint ill, (lamb and kid) mortality, spider lamb disease, starvation, (lamb and kid) survival, and watery mouth.

Entropion (inverted eyelid)

[PDF] Entropion eye (turned in eyelid) - Navajo Sheep Project
[IMAGES] Entropion in a sheep - Purdue University
Entropion (or inverted eyelids) - Daneke Club Lambs
Inverted eyelids - GoatWisdom
Inverted eyelids: try an alligator clip - Sheep! Magazine

Floppy kid syndrome

Floppy kid syndrome - Bar None Meat Goats
Floppy kid care - GoatConnection
Floppy kid syndrome - BoerGoats.com
Floppy kid syndrome - GoatConnection

[PDF] D-lactate elevation as a cause of metabolic acidosis... - case report
Floppy kid syndrome - Little Leslie's Boer Goats
[PDF] Floppy kid syndrome - LSU Ag Center
Floppy kid syndrome - Purina Feeds®
Floppy kid syndrome caused by high D-lactate levels - Bayer
[PDF] Floppy kid syndrome - Sale Creek Vet
[PDF] Floppy kid syndrome - Texas A&M University
Floppy kid syndrome caused by D-lactic acidosis in kids
[PDF] Sindrome do Cabrito Mole ("Floppy Kid") -Pesq. Vet. Bras.

General information

[PDF] Diseases of the newborn - Assiut University
[PDF] Examination of the sick newborn lamb - Navajo Sheep Project
Health problems of young kids - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Keeping your lamb healthy - Colorado State University
[PDF] Recumbency in growing lambs - NADIS UK
[PDF] Small Ruminant Nursing - University of Hawaii

Hairy shaker disease

Go to Border disease: Viral Diseases page.

Hypothermia

[PDF] Cold stress in lambs - National CVM Conservancy
Exposure & starvation of lambs - Scottish Ag College
[PDF] Hypothermia in lambs - Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
Hypothermia in newborn lambs - Ontario, Canada
Hypothermia in newborn lambs - Government of of Alberta
[PDF] Hypothermia of new-born lambs - Government of Falkland Islands
Hypothermia/starvation in lambs - Organic Vet
Hypothermia: there's a killer in your barn - GoatWorld
Hypothermia: treatment for baby goats - GoatWorld
Neonatal hypothermia - Kinne's Mini's
[PDF] Response of pregnant ewes and young lambs to cold exposure
Saving hypothermic lambs - Edgefield Sheep
Surviving sub-zero lambing - PLF Karakuls
Treatment of hypothermia in lambs - NADIS UK
[PDF] Treatment of the hypothermic lamb - UK Vet

Joint ill

[PDF] Bacterial arthritis in lambs - NSW, Australia
[PDF] Joint ill, navel ill, and bacterial meningitis in lambs - NADIS UK
[PDF] Joint ill - Meat Promotion Wales
Joint ill: the care of umbilical cords in neonatal livestock
[PDF] Streptococcus dysgalactiae arthritis in lambs - Scottish Ag College

Mortality

[PDF] Assessing lamb mortality patterns ... - ASI TwoPLUS
[PDF] Effect of inbreeding on birth and weaning weights and mortality...
Lamb deaths - Veld Talk
[PDF] Lamb mortality - British Columbia
[PDF] Lamb mortality and causes... - University of Wisconsin
Management considerations to lower lamb mortalities - Ohio Sheep
[PDF] National survey of perinatal mortality ... in Jordan
[PDF] Neonatal lamb viability - Scottish Ag College
[PDF] Neonatal mortality of small ruminants in Jordan
Neonatal mortality in kids - Kinne's Mini's
[PDF] Pre-lamb strategies to prevent early lamb mortality
[PDF] The relationship between sheep management and lamb mortality
[PDF] Seasonal variations in lamb birth weight and mortality

Spider lamb disease

(hereditary chonrodysplasia)

[PDF] Genetic characterization of the calllipyge and spider lamb...
[PDF] Identifying sheep genetically free of spider lamb syndrome
Spider lamb syndrome - Daneke Club lambs
Spider lamb syndrome - Merck Veterinary Manual
Spider lamb syndrome - Purdue University class project
[PDF] The test for spider lamb syndrome gene in sheep - NDSU

Starvation

Managing starvation/hypothermia - Ohio Sheep Team
[PDF] When lambs fail to nurse - Navajo Sheep Project

Survival

30 suggestions to save lambs - Lifestyle Block NZ
[PDF] Boost lamb survival: select for calm ewes - Western Australia
[PDF] Characteristics of neonatal lambs leading to improved survival
[PDF] Enhancing lamb survival rate - Newfoundland/Labrado, Canada
[PDF] Enhancing the survival of newborn lambs - NADIS UK
[PDF] Fundamental factors that affect lamb survival - Navajo Sheep
Increasing lamb survival - Purdue University
[PDF] Improving lamb survival - Australian Wool Innovation
[PDF] Improving lamb survvial - DEFRA UK
[PDF] Keeping lambs alive - Meat Promotion Wales
Kid survival and health - Boer Goat Association of Australia
[PDF] Lamb survival link to wool staple strength - CSIRO, Australia
Management guidelines to improve lamb survival - MAF NZ
Shelter improves lamb survival - NSW, Australia
[PDF] Survival and performance of multiple lambs - Meat/Wool NZ

Watery mouth
(e. coli scours, colibacillosis)

[PDF] Colibacillosis in cattle, sheep, and pigs - UBISIMail (S.A)
[PDF] E. coli scours ("watery" mouth) - by Joe Rook
[PDF] Scouring and watery mouth - Meat Promotion Wales
Time to start thinking about watery mouth - FarmNews for NZ farmers
Watery mouth - Organic Vet
Watery mouth disease in lambs - Merck Veterinary Manual
Watery mouth disease in lambs (slavery mouth, slavers, rattle belly)
Watery mouth in lambs - NADIS UK

 

Dying lamb
     Dying lamb (24 hours old) - case of death unknown