Age of Ram Fertility

[shawnfisher]

It could be Lepto. Lepto causes abortions & is pretty much everywhere. The ewes either abort early or sometimes the lambs will die & stay inside for a while. Either way the lambs will be dead. Not much you can do about it. Normally the ewes will build an immunity to it. There is a vaccine out there.

Liz

nearly all abortions in first time lambers are vibrio. The most common symptom in a mature ewe, with vibrio-- is one normal sized lamb-- and one that's either a 'mummy', or one that's a dwarf-- and usually dies.