Sheep Diseases

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Summary: Watch a naturalist from the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Drumlin Farm explain how to spot diseases in your sheep in this free online video.

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Tia Pinney Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She is involved ... read more

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Sheep Diseases

Okay in terms of caring for your sheep, it is good to know what to look out for. One of the common things to look out for is hoof rot. You want to make sure those hoofs are trimmed and there is nothing going on in there, no fungus. Even though this is a dirty and nasty looking hoof, I know it is a healthy hoof. It doesn't smell, it doesn't have any funny things growing on it, it's not white and nasty looking. There is some sheep manure but that is not going to hurt her. She is used to it. So that is a good healthy hoof. That is also another reason to race around these because they have such good hoofs. Now you almost always have to worm your sheep and that just involves medicating them on a regular basis. Usually it would be annual, semi-annual that they would have to be wormed because they will get intestinal worms and that is just a pretty standard thing that happens with sheep. You want to pay attention to whether or not if she is eating or if he is eating. If you've got a ram you want to look at them. You can tell a healthy animal just by the way, you've got a nice bright eye here that looks good. She is chewing, she is eating, she is very calm, she is very relaxed, she doesn't need to worry about anything. But if she suddenly stopped eating and you feed them and one of them stays back all of the time, you know that is a sick sheep and you want to be careful of it. Obviously these things are more critical if you have a small lamb. If you are actively lambing with your sheep, then there is a another set of conditions that you need to be concerned. You really need an experienced sheep farmer to teach you those. You can't learn about a brand new lamb all on your own or from this video.