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Sale Held Under Lights Massey-Ferguson, Oliver FARM MACHINERY - * 1 v \ Pneumonia Deals Sheep Industry Heavy Blow; Research Is Needed DAVIS, CALIF Pneu- born died before they reached monia causes millions of dollars the age of six months with the in losses each year in the sheep majority of deaths occurring industry, and research to help during the fust two weeks after minimize the losses appears to biith. be sadly lacking. Dr. Beck reported on a 20 That was the number one year study which revealed that disease pioblem highlighted at of a ll the lamb deaths, 16 3 per the sheep symposium on Sheep eent weie the result of pneu- Diseases and Health at Davis, monia. Calif, on the University of At the same time, Dr Guy California campus there The Reynolds of Oregon State Uni symposium was the third of five versity reported on a Montana sponsored under the Sheep In- study involving 7,000 lambs in dustry Development Program, which 23 percent died before which is designed to gather, weaning and 16 percent of those evaluate and develop new pro- that died were victims of pneu duction and marketing pro- monia at an average age of 15 grams from current information days Dr Blame McGowan of and research available. the University of California re- The next sheep symposium ported death rates as high as 40 will be on Nutution at the Uni- peicent among gioups of pas versity of lowa at Ames on ture fed lambs in California. October 8 and 9 and will fea- Respiratory pioblems in ma ture some of the nation’s lead- ture range ewes resulted in a ing specialists on feeding and death rate of three to six per nutrition cent of the ewe flock Affected Pin-pointing the disease prob- animals are very often refeired lems, Dr Clifford Beck of lo as “lungers”. Michigan State University said In addition to the death loss that 14 7 percent of all lambs on the farm and ranch, pneu- & MODELS U 1 717 866-2138 w Vf-> Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 28,1968 Myerstown, Pa. monia and other respnaloiy ailments in sheep icsult in ex tensive condemnation of lamb carcasses Di. F. R Thorndike, deputy dnector ol the Westem Meat Inspection Distuct at San Francisco, said that 66,580 lamb and sheep cai casses weie con demned in 1967, and of that numbei 9,656 oi 14Vfc peicont were condemned because of pneumonia This disease lank ed third among the maior causes of lamb caicass con demnation Because pneumonia affects sheep m all parts of the nation, and is a constant menace fiom birth through the life of a sheep, it lanks as one of the most seuous of sheep diseases. Despite that fact, there is less known conti ol and methods of pievention of pneumonia than any othei disease of sheep The dollai loss in lambs and sheep due to pneumonia in one year can uin as high as $37 million if these same sheep and lambs had been maiketed in stead of being lost to pneu monia Dr R E Pieison, piofessor of veteunaiy medicine at Colo rado State Umveisity said that enterotoxemia, or over eating disease, is still a major cause of death in feedlot lambs He said this loss peisists despite the fact that theie aie effective vac cine piogiams which aie not be ing fully utilized by lamb feed ers. Piopei feeding methods and management, said Dr Aiden Kilhnger, associate professoi of the depaitment of pathology and hygiene at the Umveisity of Illinois, aie necessary in pie venting hsteuosis in sheep. Spoiled and exposed silage will often promote the spi ead of lis teriosis In the same aiea of feeding, Dr E N Bergman of Cornell University, said that pievention of stress, pioper rations and good management will pi event many diseases in sheep Several of the speakers point ed out the high incidence of foot rot and parasites in the farm flock aieas, paiticulaily in aieas of high rainfall or exten sive irrigation Parasites ai e be coming more of a pioblem in the range flocks as the sheep be come confined within smaller areas Dr H R Ciookshank with the Agncultui al Reseaich Sei vice at Texas A & M Univeisity indicated that the technical giade of ammonium chlonde has lecently been cleaied by the Food and Drug Administra tion as an additive for sheep feeds This compound is effec tive in the conti ol of unnary calculi in sheep Dr Ciookshank also said that piopeily foimulat ed rations can help to lessen the incidence of this disease Poisonous plants cause con siderable loss to sheep produc es in certain aieas of the coun try Dr Wayne Binns, and Di. Lynn James, both of the poison ous plant icseaich centei for the USDA at Logan, Utah, em phasized the necessity for glow ers to learn to identify poison ous plants that effect sheep and to develop the management skills to cope with ranges infest ed with these plants Dr W W Hawkins Jr. head of the veleunaiy leseaich la bel atory at Montana State Uni versity, 'and Di Robert E Sim mons, veteunanan in chaige of the Idaho Sheep Commission, spoke on diseases affecting the lepioduQtive capacity of the ewe and ram They indicated that improved management and piopei diagnosis can greatly aid in the co'nlrbl of diseases affect ing the reproductive capacity. 13
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