Lamb and Kid Diseases

General Topics
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
Enhancing Lamb Survival Rate - Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada
Lambing Worksheet for Producers - University of Michigan Vet Med
Health Problems of young kids - Onion Creek Ranch
Enhancing the survival in newborn lambs in intensive early lambing flocks - NADIS
Kid Survival and Health - Boer Goat Breeders Association of Australia
The Wimpy Kid Page - GoatWisdom
Lamb Mortalities - Elsenberg Veterinary Services, South Africa
Lamb survival linked to wool staple length - CSIRO, Australia
Recumbency in growing lambs - NADIS Health Bulletin

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
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
Diagnosis of Clostridium perfringins intestinal infections - J. Vet. Diag. Invest.

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)
Vaccinating for Overeating Disease [LOCAL]
Overeating Disease - Pipestone Vet Clinic
Enterotoxemia of Lambs - Iowa State University
Enterotoxemia (C&D): How It Gets Started - Apollonia Nubian Goats
Pulpy Kidney - Elsenberg Veterinary Services, South Africa
Enterotoxemia: the deadly tummy ache - Navajo Shee Project
Pulpy kidney in sheep and goats - Queensland, Australia
Enterotoxaemia (Pulpy Kidney) - Australian Cashmere Growers
Enterotoxemia (Overeating Disease) in Sheep and Goats - Alabama A&M University
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
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
Hypothermia in Lambs - Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada
Hypothermia in Newborn Lambs - Ontario, Canada
Lambs in Cold Weather - Ontario, Canada
Treatment of hypothermia in lambs - NADIS Health Bulletin
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
Treatment of the hypothermic lamb - UK Vet

Navel or Joint Ill
Navel Ill - GoatWisdom
Navel Ill (1917 historical document) - Kansas State University
Bacterial Arthritis in Lambs - New South Wales, Australia
Joint Ill, Navel Ill, and Meningitis in Lambs - NADIS Health Bulletin

Pneumonia
Lamb Pneumonia - Iowa State University
Pneumonia - Iowa State University
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
Bacterial pneumonia in goats - Alabama A&M University

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

Spider Lamb Syndrome
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
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)
E. Coli Scours ("watery mouth") - Michigan State University
Watery mouth in lambs - NADIS Health Bulletin
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 - Pipestone Vet Supply
White Muscle Disease - Purdue University
White muscle and other Se-responsive diseases of livestock - Oregon State University

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Last updated 27-Jan-2010 by Susan Schoenian.

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