![]() ![]() Signs of tetanus occur from about four days to three weeks or longer after infection is established in a wound. This disease is usually related to docking and castrating by elastrator bands, though any wound can harbor the tetanus organism. Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani, a soil inhabitant that is a prolific spore producer. Vaccination of pregnant ewes 30 days before lambing is recommended as prevention. Treatment (antitoxin injected under the skin) is usually unrewarding. ![]() It usually affects lambs over one month of age. It is most commonly observed in lambs that are consuming high concentrate rations, but it can also occur when lambs are nursing heavy milking dams. It is caused by a sudden change in feed that causes the organism, which is already present in the lamb's gut, to proliferate causing a toxic reaction. It is caused by Clostridium perfringens type D and most commonly strikes the largest, fastest growing lambs in the flock. Overeating disease is one of the most common sheep diseases in the world. Treatment (antitoxin injected under the skin) is usually unrewarding Vaccination of pregnant ewes 30 days before lambing is recommended as prevention.Įnterotoxemia type D ("classic" overeating disease, pulpy kidney disease) It is often related to indigestion and predisposed by a sudden change in feed such as beginning creep feeding or sudden increase in milk supply. Sheep can be infected with various clostridial diseases – black leg, botulism, malignant edema, red water disease, enterotoxemias (several types), and tetanus – but the most common are enterotoxemia types C & D and tetanus.Įnterotoxemia type C (hemorrhagic enteritis, bloody scours)Įnterotoxemia type C is caused by Clostridium perfringens type C and affects lambs during their first few weeks of life, causing a bloody infection of the small intestine. Most clostridial organisms can also occur quite naturally in the gut of healthy animals. Clostridial organisms of various types are found in the soil, where they can survive for a very long time. ![]()
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