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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-
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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.
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