COMMON SHEEP DISEASES: RECOGNITION, PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT
QUICK REFERENCE SUMMARY
KEY NOTES
DISEASE
TREATABLE?
VACCINE? PREVENTABLE? EMERGENCY?
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
CASEOUS LYMPHADENITIS (CLA) OVINE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA
CULL, ISOLATE, SHEARING HYGIENE
NO
YES
LIMITED
NO
TEST-AND-CULL, CLOSED FLOCK
NO
NO
LIMITED
NO
BIOSECURITY, TEST-AND-CULL TRIM, FOOT BATH, QUARANTINE, DRY ENVIRONMENT GLOVES, VACCINE IF ENDEMIC
JOHNE’S DISEASE
NO
NO
LIMITED
NO
FOOT ROT / FOOT SCALD
YES
NO
YES
NO
SOREMOUTH (ORF)
SELF-LIMITING
YES (LIVE)
YES
NO
CDT VACCINATION, FEED MGMT
ENTEROTOXEMIA
OFTEN FATAL
YES (CDT)
YES
YES
PARASITIC DISEASES
HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS
FAMACHA, RESISTANCE MGMT
YES
NO
PARTIAL
SEVERE CASES
SANITATION, REDUCE CROWDING
COCCIDIOSIS
YES
NO
YES
NO
NUTRITIONAL & METABOLIC DISEASES
PREGNANCY TOXEMIA (KETOSIS)
BCS MONITORING, ENERGY MGMT
EARLY ONLY
NO
YES
YES
SE/VIT E SUPPLEMENTATION
WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE
VARIABLE
NO
YES
SUDDEN DEATH
PREGNANCY TOXEMIA (KETOSIS)
BCS MONITORING, ENERGY MGMT
EARLY ONLY
NO
YES
YES
REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES
VACCINATE PRE-BREEDING
CHLAMYDIAL ABORTION
NO
YES
YES
NO
CAMPYLOBACTER ABORTION
VACCINATE PRE-BREEDING
LIMITED
YES
YES
NO
CAT CONTROL, PROTECT FEED
TOXOPLASMOSIS
NO
NO (U.S.)
LIMITED
NO
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
VENTILATION, REDUCE STRESS
PNEUMONIA
YES
LIMITED
PARTIAL
ACUTE CASES
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