From the category archives:

illness

Gentle Giants

April 30, 2007

Kaytla, the ewe who had triplets, one still born, looks like she is developing mastitis. I noticed that one teat was twice the size of the other, and that both lambs were nursing on the other side. I asked on the ISBONA list to make sure I should intervene, and milked her out by hand [...]

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Home Again

December 6, 2004

I was away for the weekend, visiting Lisa on location. Valerie and her boyfriend Kevin took care of the sheep over the weekend. All went well except she reports that Sue is coughing. Lisa also mentions that she’s heard it. I’ve heard him cough twice, a couple weeks apart. Again today he didn’t cough at [...]

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