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Lamb and Kid Diseases

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General Topics
[PDF] Lamb Mortality - British Columbia
Suckling Lamb Health - Pipestone Vet Supply
Baby Lamb Survival - Pipestone Vet Supply
Special Problems of Weak and Orphaned Kids - Kinne's Mini's Pygmy Goats
Increasing Lamb Survival - Purdue University
Preventing Disease in Lambs -Purdue University
[PDF] Enhancing Lamb Survival Rate - Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada
[PDF] Lambing Worksheet for Producers - University of Michigan Vet Med
Health Problems of young kids - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF, 2004] Enhancing the survival in newborn lambs in intensive early lambing flocks - NADIS
[PDF] Kid Survival and Health - Boer Goat Breeders Association of Australia
The Wimpy Kid Page - GoatWisdom
Lamb Mortalities - Elsenberg Veterinary Services, South Africa
[PDF, 2007] Lamb survival linked to wool staple length - CSIRO, Australia

Border Disease (hair shakers, fuzzy lamb sydrome)
Border Disease in Sheep - Pipestone Vet Supply
Border Disease - Organic Vet, University of Reading, UK

Clostridial Diseases
Clostridial Diseases - Merck Veterinary Manual
Blackleg and Other Clostridial Diseases - Alberta, Canada
Clostridial Disease - GoatWisdom
[PDF, 2007] Clostridial Diseases of Livestock - Victoria, Australia
Malignant Oedema, Pulpy Kidney and Tetanus in Goats - Petaha, Australia
Clostridial Diseases of Sheep and Cattle - Petaha, Australia
Clostridium Perfringens in Domestic Farm Animals - Vet Corner, Colorado Serum Company

Diarrhea (scours)
Young Ruminant Diarrhea - Goat Connection
Diarrhea (Neonatal) - GoatWisdom
Neonatal Scour - Golden Valley Veterinary Hospital, UK
Diarrhea Signs - Maudlin's Boer Goats
Cryptosporidiosis and Kid Care - Washington State University
Diarrhea (scours) in small ruminants [LOCAL]

Enterotoxemia Type C (Lamb dysentery, bloody scours)
Enterotoxemia Type C - Pipestone Vet Supply
Clostridial Perfringins type C - GoatWisdom

Enterotoxemia Type D (Overeating disease, Pulpy Kidney Disease)
Enterotoxemia in Lambs [LOCAL]
Vaccinating for Overeating Disease [LOCAL]
Overeating Disease - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF, 2000] Enterotoxemia of Lambs - Iowa State University
Enterotoxemia (C&D): How It Gets Started - Apollonia Nubian Goats
Pulpy Kidney - Elsenberg Veterinary Services, South Africa
[PDF, 1998] Enterotoxemia: the deadly tummy ache - Navajo Shee Project
Pulpy kidney in sheep and goats - Queensland, Australia
Enterotoxaemia (Pulpy Kidney) - Australian Cashmere Growers
[PDF, 2007] Enterotoxemia (Overeating Disease) in Sheep and Goats - Alabama A&M University
[PDF, 2004] Optimum Time Interval between the First Vaccination . . . Czech Republic

Entropion (inverted eyelids)
Inverted Eyelids in Lambs - Garden State Sheep Breeders
Entropion (or inverted eyelids) - Danke Club Lambs
Entropion in a Sheep - Purdue University
[PDF, 2000] Entropion Eye, turned in eye lid - Navajo Sheep Project

Floppy Kid Syndrome
Floppy Kid Syndrome - Goat Connection
Floppy Kid Syndrome - Arkansas Boer Goats
Floppy Kid Syndrome - Colorado State University
Floppy Kid Syndrome - boergoats.com
Síndrome do Cabrito Mole ("Floppy Kid") - Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
[ABSTRACT] Floppy Kid Syndrome Caused by D-Lactic Acidosis . . . - J. Veterinary Internal Medicine

Hypothermia and Starvation
[PDF, 2004] Hypothermia in Lambs - Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada
Hypothermia in Newborn Lambs - Ontario, Canada
Lambs in Cold Weather - Ontario, Canada
[PDF, 2003] Hypothermia in Lambs - NADIS Sheep Disease Focus
[PDF, 1997] When lambs fail to nurse - Navajo Sheep Project
Neonatal Hypothermia - Kinne's Mini's Pygmy Goats
Hypothermia Treatment for Baby Goats -GoatWorld
Hypothermia: There's a Killer in Your Barn - GoatWorld
Birth Chill - Goat-Link.com
More on Birth Chill - Goat-Link.com
[PDF, 2008] Treatment of the hypothermic lamb - UK Vet

Navel or Joint Ill
Navel Ill - GoatWisdom
[PDF] Navel Ill (1917 historical document) - Kansas State University
[PDF, 2007] Bacterial Arthritis in Lambs - New South Wales, Australia
[PDF, 2004] Joint Ill, Navel Ill, and Meningitis in Lambs - NADIS Sheep Disease Focus

Pneumonia
[PDF] Lamb Pneumonia - Iowa State University
[PDF] Pneumonia - Iowa State University
[PDF, 1998] Lamb pneumonia - Navajo Sheep Project
Pneumonia and Pleurisy in Lambs - Ceres Farm Ltd., New Zealand
Diseases of the Respiratory System - Pipestone Vet Supply
[2004] Pneumonia - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF, 2007] Bacterial pneumonia in goats - Alabama A&M University

Rectal Prolapse
[PDF] Rectal Prolapse in Lambs - University of Tennessee
[PDF] Length of docked tail and incidence of rectal prolapse in lambs
Rectal prolapse: a complex problem with many contributing factors [LOCAL]

Spider Lamb Syndrome
[IMAGE] Spider Lamb Syndrome - Pipestone Vet
Spider Syndrome (hereditary chondrodysplasia) - Breeders World
Identification of Sheep Genetically Free of Spider Lamb Syndrome - Breeders World
The Test for Spider Lamb Syndrome Gene in Sheep - North Dakota State University
[PDF] Spider Syndrome - Oklahoma State University
[SLIDE SHOW] Spider Lamb Syndrome

Tetanus (lockjaw)
Tetanus in Sheep and Goats - Queensland, Australia
Tetanus - Onion Creek Ranch
Tetanus - Purdue University (class project)
Tetanus - Pipestone Vet Supply

Watery Mouth (E. coli scours)
[PDF] E. Coli Scours ("watery mouth") - Michigan State University
Watery Mouth - Organic Vet, University of Reading, UK

White Muscle Disease (nutritional muscular dystrophy, stiff lamb/kid disease)
White Muscle Disease [LOCAL]
White Muscle Disease - Purdue University
Vitamin E and/or Selenium Deficiency - Pipestone Vet Supply
[PDF, 1993] White muscle and other Se-responsive diseases of livestock - Oregon State University

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