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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830800503321

Autore

Eales F. A. <1948->

Titolo

Practical lambing and lamb care [[electronic resource] ] : a veterinary guide / / Andrew Eales and John Small ; with drawings by David Pollock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK, : Blackwell Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-282-12299-1

9786612122996

0-470-69885-3

0-470-69831-4

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmallJ. <1951->

MacaldowieColin

Disciplina

636.3089

636.308984

Soggetti

Lambs

Sheep - Parturition

Veterinary obstetrics

Lambs - Diseases

Ewes - Diseases

Sheep - Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Practical Lambing and Lamb Care; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Acknowledgements; 1. The newborn lamb; Problems facing the 'perfect' lamb; Constraints on lamb viability; Summary; 2. Lambing the ewe; The normal lambing; Approach to assistance; Specific problems; Resuscitation of the newborn; After an assisted lambing; 3. Problems in lambs; Abscess; Acidosis; Arthritis; Atresia ani; Atypical pneumonia; Bladder stones; Bloat; Blowfly strike (Myiasis); Bone abnormalities; Border disease; Broken leg; Castration (incorrect)

Cerebrocortical necrosis (Polioencephalomalacia, CCN)Chilling; Cleft palate; Cobalt deficiency; Coccidiosis; Constipation; Copper deficiency; Copper poisoning; Cripples; Daft lamb disease; Diarrhoea; Enteritis;



Entropion; Erysipelothrix infection; Exposure; Eye infections; Eyelid (turned in); Faecal spoiling; Foot and mouth disease; Fractures; Hairy shaker; Hernia; Husk; Hyperthermia; Hypothermia; Inhalation pneumonia; Iodine deficiency; Jaw defects; Joint defects; Joint ill; Lamb dysentery; Legs (broken); Listeriosis; Liver abscess (Liver necrosis); Lockjaw; Louping-ill; Lungworm

Muscular dystrophyNavel hernia; Navel ill; Neonatal ataxia; Nephrosis; Open mouth; Orf; Overshot jaw; Paralysis; Parasitic gastroenteritis; Pasteurellosis (Enzootic pneumonia); Photosensitization (Yellowses); Pine (Cobalt deficiency); Poisoning; Premature birth; Pulpy kidney; Rattle belly; Redfoot; Redgut; Ribs (fractured); Rickets; Roundworm infection; Ruminal acidosis; Scad (Scald); Scour; Selenium deficiency; Sheep scab; Slavers (Slavery mouth); Spinal abscess; Starvation; Stiff lamb disease (Muscular dystrophy, White muscle disease); Stones; Strike; Swayback; Tetanus (Lockjaw)

Tick-borne feverTick infestation; Tick pyaemia; Trembling; Umbilical hernia; Undershot jaw; Urinary calculi (Stones); Vitamin E deficiency; Watery mouth (Rattle belly, Slavers, Slavery mouth); White muscle disease; Wounds; Yellowses; 4 Problems in ewes; Abdominal hernia (ruptures); Hypocalcaemia (Lambing sickness, Milk fever, Parturient paresis); Hypomagnesaemia (Grass staggers, Lactation tetany); Mastitis (Udderclap); Metritis; Pneumonia; Pregnancy toxaemia (Twin lamb disease); Prolapsed vagina; Prolapsed uterus; 5 Abortion in ewes; Non-infectious abortion; Infectious abortion

6 Prevention of problemsPrevention of problems in ewes; Prevention of problems in lambs; Assessment of losses; Ewe body-condition scoring; Vaccination; Vitamin supplementation; Mineral supplementation; Prevention of problems in organic management systems; 7 Techniques for treating newborn lambs; Diagnosis of problems; Feeding the newborn lamb; Administration of drugs; Warming hypothermic lambs; Care of the weak lamb; Artificial rearing; Fostering; Castration; Navel dressing; Ear tagging and electronic identification; Giving an enema; 8 Welfare at lambing; Welfare codes

Relevant United Kingdom legislation

Sommario/riassunto

Millions of lambs and ewes die each year during the lambing season. The reasons behind this high level of perinatal mortality are not easily explained and problems that do arise may be difficult to predict.    This fully revised new edition of Practical Lambing and Lamb Care attempts to unravel this complex subject by providing practical guidance and information on all aspects of lambing and lamb care. It covers the major diseases and problems in lambs, from poisoning to foot and mouth disease, and includes chapters on the health of the ewe (including abortion issues), preve