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Diseases of growing lambs Flashcards

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What are some common clinical problems in growing lambs?

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Poor growth
Diarrhoea
Sudden death
Respiratory disease
Trace element deficiencies
Lameness
Neurological disease
Skin disease

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Name some DDx for diarrhoea in lambs

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Nematodirus battus
PGE
Coccidiosis
Cryptosporidium
Acidosis
Clostridium
E.coli
Salmonella

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Clostridium perfingens type B causes which condition in lambs?

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Lamb dysentery

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Clostridium perfingens type D causes which condition in lambs?

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Pulpy kidney

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What are the clinical signs of cryptosporiosis in lambs?

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  • Affects lambs aged 3-7 days old
  • Profuse diarrhoea with blood
  • Dehydration
  • Fatal
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How is cryptosporiosis in lambs diagnosed?

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  • Stained faecal smear
  • PM histopathology
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How is cryptosporiosis in lambs treated?

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  • Supportive: house, keep with dam
  • Oral fluids
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How can cryptosporiosis in lambs be prevented/controlled?

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  • Use different fields/housing for lambing and calving
  • In outbreak move to fresh pasture
  • Put newborn animals to clean pasture
  • Improve hygiene throughout the farm indoor
  • Improve lamb resilience - nutrition
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Name some risk factors for coccidiosis in growing lambs

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  • high stocking rates
  • inadequate colostrum
  • mixed ages
  • stress
  • concurrent infection e.g. Nematodirus
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What are the clinical signs of coccidiosis?

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  • 4-8 week old lambs
  • clinical diarrhoea
  • fever, weight loss, death
  • poor growth
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How is coccidiosis in lambs diagnosed?

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Faecal samples

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How is coccidiosis in lambs treated?

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  • Supportive
  • Oral fluids
  • Drugs: Vecoxan or Baycox
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How is coccidiosis in lambs controlled/prevented?

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  • hygiene of pens and feed troughs
  • decrease stocking rates
  • improve colostrum intakes
  • batch rearing to avoid grazing younger and older lambs on the same pasture
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What is the cause of acidosis in growing lambs?

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Consumption of rapidly fermentable carbohydrates (grain, bakery waste)

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Describe the pathophysiology of acidosis in lambs

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  • Fall in rumen PH
  • Lactic acid production
  • Rumenitis
  • Metabolic acidosis
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What are the major consequences of acidosis in lambs?

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Liver abscessation, fungal rumenitis and death

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Describe the clinical signs of acidosis in lambs

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Dull, depressed, reluctant to move, teeth grinding, bloat, ataxia
Dehydration, no rumen sounds, diarrhoea

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How can acidosis in lambs be diagnosed?

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  • Rumenocentesis pH<5.5
  • PM exam
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How can acidosis in lambs be treated?

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  • IV fluids
  • Oral fluids
  • Penicillin
  • Hay
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What IV fluids are most appropriate to give to a lamb with acidosis?

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Isotonic saline plus bicarbonate

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What are the DDx of bloat in lambs?

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  • Hypocalcaemia
  • Peritonitis
  • Ascites
  • Uroperitoneum
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What are the clinical signs of a lamb with lamb nephrosis syndrome?

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  • 2-12 weeks old
  • Loss of condition
  • Diarrhoea
  • Standing around water troughs due to increased thirst
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How can lamb nephrosis syndrome be diagnosed?

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  • Raised urea and creatinine
  • Hyperkalaemia
  • Decreased albumin to globulin ration
  • PM exam
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How will lamb nephrosis syndrome present on PM exam?

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Pale, swollen kidneys due to toxic tubular necrosis

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How is lamb nephrosis syndrome treated?
No treatment has been found to have any effect, lambs tend to waste away and die within about a week and consequently euthanasia is preferred
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What is cobalt used for in the body?
Vitamin B12 RBC development Amino acid synthesis Energy and metabolism
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What are the clinical signs of cobalt deficiency?
- Weight loss - Anaemia - Slow growth - Debility - Weight loss - Watery eye discharge
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How is cobalt deficiency treated?
- Group treatment - Cobalt rumen bolus - Oral drenches - Vit B12 injections - Cobalt in creep feed
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What are the functions of selenium?
Anti-oxidant Immune function
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Which condition is caused by selenium deficiency in lambs?
White muscle disease
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What are the signs of white muscle disease in lambs?
ill thrift weakness, collapse, lame
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How is selenium deficiency treated?
Oral, injectable , bolus, selenium salts
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Describe iodine deficiency in lambs
- Deaths, weakness illness in new born lambs - Late abortions - Ewe deficient due to problem with pasture - Lambs thyroid goitre - More susceptible to other neonatal diseases
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Copper deficiency in lambs causes which condition?
Swayback
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When does copper deficiency need to be treated?
During pregnancy - deficient ewes need to be treated
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What is the cause of acute copper poisoning?
Ingestion of large amounts
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What is the cause of chronic copper poisoning?
Ingestion over a period of time
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How does chronic copper poisoning present?
Intravascular haemolysis and jaundice
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What are the clinical signs of copper poisoning?
Ataxic, head pressing, jaundice, haemoglobinuria, recumbency and death
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How is copper poisoning treated?
- Sodium calcium EDTA - Supportive therapy - Group - Remove feed source
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Name 3 bacterial cases of respiratory disease in lambs
- Mycoplasma spp - Mannheimia haemolytica - Pasteurella multicidia
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Mannheimia haemolytica occurs secondary to?
Change in diet, worms, ticks, housing, poor ventilation, stress of handling, bad weather
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What are the clinical signs of Mannhaemia haemolytica?
Pyrexia, mucopurulent nasal discharge, cough, increased respiratory rate, depth, dyspnoea death
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How does Mannheimia haemolytica present on a PM exam?
AV consolidation on lung tissue
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How is Mannheimia haemolytica treated?
Long acting antibiotic e.g. oxytetracycline, amoxicillin
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How can Mannheimia haemolytica be prevented?
Heptavac P Ovipast
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Describe the clinical signs of Mycoplasma pneumonia in lambs
- Chronic disease - Cough - Slight nasal discharge - Increased RR and depth - Dyspnoea - Seen in housed, over-stocked lambs
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How is Mycoplasma pneumonia diagnosed in growing lambs?
- History and CS - BAL - PM exam
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How is Mycoplasma pneumonia treated?
Oxytet LA/ macrolides (consider group)
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What is the spp of lungworm in lambs?
Dictyocaulus filaria
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Describe the signs on lungworm in lambs
- Lambs are pasture - Summer/autumn - Coughing - Increased RR and depth
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How is lungworm diagnosed?
Larvae in faeces - Baermann test
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How is lungworm treated and managed?
- Anthelmintics - NSAIDs - Move to a low risk pasture
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Describe the two common presentations of poor growth in lambs
- A small number never grown normally (and never likely to) - A large number which have grown normally initially, then had a specific condition
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What are some DDx for the whole batch of lambs doing well but have one or two growing poorly?
- Low birth weight - Border disease - Congenital problem - Neonatal infection - Inadequate milk/nutrition
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What are some DDx for a whole group of lambs having poor growth?
- Inadequate nutrition - Parasitic disease especially anthelmintic resistance - Trace element deficiencies - Pneumonia - Lameness - Orf, scab
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How should poor growth be investigated i.e. what needs to be considered?
- Main clinical signs observed - Time of year - Breed - Singles, twins, triplets - Diet - Signs of disease - Worming history - Coccidiosis history
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How should poor growth be investigated when looking at the farm history i.e. what needs to be considered?
- Main clinical signs observed - Time of year - Breed - Singles, twins, triplets - Diet - Signs of disease - Worming history - Coccidiosis history
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How can poor growth be investigated diagnostically?
- Work out growth rates if possible (assume 4kg BW and weigh average bunch now- give DLWG) - Samples: FEC, coccidia, fluke, BS trace elements, test for AH resistance - Abattoir feedback - Monitor lamb weight - Assess grazing e.g. grass sword height, quality

Y4 FA - Small ruminants (18 decks)

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