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Reproductive problems

Many diseases or conditions can disrupt the reproductive process in sheep and goats. On this page, reproductive problems are organized alphabetically by disease: abortion (including chlamydia, toxoplasmosis, and vibrio), dystocia (difficult births), epididymitis, phytoestrogens, pizzle rot, prolapses, retained placenta, and ringwomb.

[PDF] Common causes of recumbency in pregnant ewes - NADIS UK
Diseases and disorders commonly seen in ewes ... - Montana St. Univ.
Freshened doe - Goat Wisdom
Health problems of pregnant and lactating does - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Infectious reproductive diseases of small ruminants - Utah St. U.
[PDF] Periparturient conditions of ewes and does by Kevin Pelzer
Pregnancy complication - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Reproductive diseases of sheep - Utah St. Univ.
Reproductive problems in bucks - Onion Creek Ranch
Reproductive problems of does - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Reproductive problems in rams - Univ. Nebraska

Abortion

Abortion - Florida Cracker Boer Goats
[PDF] Abortion - Meat Promotion Wales
Abortion and perinatal loss in sheep and goats - Univ. Wyoming
Abortion in goats - Merck Vet Manual | in sheep
[PDF] Abortions in sheep - Iowa State Univ.
Abortions in sheep: causes, control, and prevention - ND State Univ.
[PDF] Caprine abortion: prevention and control - Univ. Minn.
[PDF] Causes of caprine abortion: diagnostic assessment ...
Causes of infectious abortions in goats - Alabama CE | PDF
Causes of abortion - GoatWisdom
Infectious abortion in ewes - VetPath
[WORD] Infectious abortions in small ruminants
Infectious causes of abortion in ewes by Susan Schoenian
[PDF] Ovine abortion: an overview - Irish Vet. Journal
[PDF] Practitioners approach to ovine abortion - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF] Pregnancy failure: ovine and caprine - Univ. Guelph
[PDF] Sheep abortion booklet - Intervet UK

Akabane

[PPT] Akabane - Iowa State Univ.
[PDF] Akabane disease - Iowa State Univ.
Akabane virus infection - Merck Vet Manual

Border disease

Border disease - Merck Vet Manual
Border disease - Organic Vet | new page
[PDF] Border disease - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF] Border disease in goats - IVIS
Border disease in sheep - Moredun Foundation
A border disease-like syndrome in a Southern Ontario flock
[PPT] BVD in New Zealand (cattle)
[PDF] Ovidae and capridae border disease - World Org Anim Health

Cache valley virus

[PDF] Bunyaviral diseases of animals - World Org. Animl Health

Enzootic (Chlamydia sp.)

Chlamydia - GoatWorld
Chlamyidial (enzootic) abortion of ewes - NADIS UK
[PDF] Chlamydiosis in goats - IVIS
Control of chlamydial abortion in sheep - Moredun Foundation Enzootic abortion of ewes - Sheep! Magazine
[PDF] Enzootic abortion of ewes - World Org. for Animal Health
Protecting your flock against Chlamydial abortion - Moredun

Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis - Bayer HealthCare
[PDF] Leptospirosis - Meat Promotion Wales
[PDF] Leptospirosis - Iowa State Univ.
Leptospirosis - North Dakota State Univ.
[PDF] Leptospirosis in cattle, pigs, sheep ... - Victoria, Aust.
[PDF] Leptospirosis in sheep and its diagnosis - Vet World
[PDF] Leptospirosis in sheep in Western Canada
[PDF] Leptospirosis of domestic animals - Univ. Nebraska

Listeriosis

Go to Bacterial diseases page.

Q fever

Go to Bacterial diseases page.

Rift Valley Fever

Rift valley fever - NABC
[PDF] Rift valley fever - Univ. Pretoria
[FLYER] Rift valley fever - World Org. for Animal Health
[PDF] Rift valley fever - Iowa State Univ.
[PDF] Rift Valley Fever symptoms - Texas A&M

Salmonella

Salmonella abortion - Organic Vet
Salmonella abortion in ewes - NADIS UK
[PDF] Salmonella Abortusovis - Iowa St. Univ.

Toxoplasmosis

[PDF] Abortion due to toxoplasmosis in small ruminants - Global Vet
[PDF] caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasma abortion in sheep - NADIS UK
[PDF] Toxoplasma gondii...new aspects of an old story
Toxoplasma infection: vaccination ... - Moredun Foundation
[PDF] Toxoplasmosis - World Org. for Animal Health
Toxoplasmosis in sheep - Moredun Foundation
Toxoplasmosis: abortions, weak kids, stillbirths - Onion Creek
[PDF] Toxoplasmosis in sheep - West Virginia Univ.
[PDF] Vaccination of sheep against toxoplasma abortion - SciQuest

Vibrio (campylobacteriosis)

Campylobacter abortion in ewes - NADIS UK
Campylobacter and salmonella abortion in sheep - Moredun Found
Campylobacteriosis in ewes - Sheep! Magazine (CO Serum Co)
[PDF] Ovine campylobacteriosis - SCAHLS
Ovine vibriosis - Western Australia

Dystocia (diffcult births)

Assisting the ewe at lambing - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Dystocia, datstocia, and everything in between
[PDF] Dystocia (lambing problems) - Iowa State Univ.
[PDF] Early dilation of ewes - Pipestone Vet Clinic
[PDF] Farm animal obstetrics - Univ. Alaska
Lambing - Alabama CE | PDF
Lambing difficulty - Victoria, Australia
[PDF] Lambing problems - NADIS UK
The lambing process - Purdue Univ. class project
Lambing process: Sheep 201
[PDF] Obstetrics and lambing problems - Utah St. Univ.
[PDF] Obstetrics in the sheep barn - British Columbia, Canada
[PDF] Sheep obstetrics by Norm Gates
Solving the mysteries of obstetrics: Part 1 | 1a | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Epididymitis

Brucella ovis - Western Cape SA
[PDF] Epididymitis in range and purebred rams - Utah St. Univ.
Epididymitis in sheep - Ontario, Canada
Managing ovine brucellosis to maximise ram fertility - Queensland, Aust.
[PDF] Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis) - World Org. for Anim Health
Ram epididymitis - Colorado Serum Co.
Ram epididymitis - Cleon's Corner (Optimal Livestock Services)
[PDF] Ram epididymitis - Navajo Sheep Project
[PDF] Ram epididymitis - South Dak. State Univ.

Mastitis

Go to Mastitis page.

Milk fever

Go to Metabolic problems page.

Phytoestrogens

[PDF] Detection of the effects of phytoestrogens ... J. Anim. Sci.
[PDF] Oestrogens in pasture, hay, and silage - Victoria, Aust.
Phytoestrogens: nature's contraceptives - SoyOnline
[PDF] Plant estrogens: effects on flushing/breeding - Newf. & Labr, Can
Red clover and ewe infertility - Clutha Vets (NZ)
[PDF] Sheep infertility due to pasture legumes - West. Aust.

Pizzle or sheath rot

Pizzle rot - Danake Club Lambs
Pizzle rot - Kinne's Mini's
Pizzle rot - Merck Vet Manual
[Images] Pizze rot - Western Cape SA
Pizzle rot in sheep - Ontario, Canada

Pregnancy toxemia

Go to Metabolic problems page.

Prolapses

Prolapses - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Rectal and vaginal prolapse in sheep - West. Vet Conf.
[PDF] Vaginal prolapse - NADIS UK
Vaginal and cervical prolapse - Merck Vet Manual

Retained placenta

Retained fetal membranes in larger animals - Merck Vet Manual
Retained placenta - Drost Project
[PDF] Retained placenta: causes and treatment
[PDF] Retained placentas - West Virginia Univ.
Therapy and prevention of retained feotal membranes in cattle

Ringwomb

[PDF] Occurrence, etiology, and management of ringwomb in ewes
Ringwomb - Daneke Club Lambs

 

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production and marketing. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is maintained by Susan Schoenian, Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

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Last updated 18-Mar-2010 by Susan Schoenian.