[Ag-eq] Lambing

[Tracy Carcione]

Could the bad gene have come from the ram?
How many ewes do you have, again?  Sounds like you're getting a good bunch
of lambs.
Tracy


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Subject: [Ag-eq] Lambing

I have 12 lambs now and apart from 2 premature still-borns, everything has
gone without a hitch until this morning.  A ewe had a single lamb that had a
hernea which ruptured at birth.
  I had never heard of prenatal herneas, but the vet said that they are
hereditary and not, entirely, uncommon.
>From this, it would seem that the ewe had had a hernea, or, perhaps was just
carrying the  gene, but I have had these ewes for years, and as far as I
know, this is the first time that any of them have had a lamb with this
congenital defect.
Sometimes the intestines can be replaced in the belly cavity, but that was
not possible in the case of this lamb as the intestines were covered in mud
and there appeared to be a severe blockage in the gut or, perhaps, the
eurethra as the lamb's stomach was very swollen.

Jewel

 


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