Lost a lamb to worms?

[neener92]

Yesterday I lost a lamb to worms (I think) after deworming her 2 weeks before with injectable Noromectin. This treatment worked on all my sheep and goats but the lamb I lost and three other lambs. Three were bottle fed (including the one that died) the other was raised by her mother and she is a hair lamb. All were dewormed when I got this new hair lamb whom I knew had worms sinces you could see them in her poo and her belly was large. I retreated all the young ones again today, lambs and goats with the Noromectin and safe guard for goats. Does anyone else know what I can do for my babies also the three lambs alive are kinda anemic (S). Please help me! Am I doing something wrong, this method has workd for me for several years. Hope someone has and idea!

 

[boykin2010]

Anemic means they have worms doesnt it? They make a chart to compare to their eye lid called famacha or something. Try it and see

 

[SheepGirl]

Personally, I prefer the drench wormers as opposed to the injectable wormers. Try using the drench, because if you OD on an injectable, it could send the lamb into shock and they could die (which may have happened in this case?), whereas if you OD on the drench, it's not as harmful.

But before you worm, I would always check their eyelids. If they are white, pale pink, or pink, worm them. If they are bright pink or cherry red, don't.

 

[neener92]

I always check eyelids, my sheep are so used to it I can walk up to all and open their eyelids. But eyelids are light pink to almost white, and these are from lambs that have been dewormed. Have you tried the safe guard goat dewormer? I will be going to tractor supply tonight so give me ideas of what worm best on both sheep and goats. Actually I use the Noromectin because it is so hard to od on, so I've heard.

 

[SheepGirl]

I have used Privermectin with great success, turning their eyelids back to normal the next day. I ordered it off of JeffersLivestock.com. The only reason why I'm not suggesting using the wormer for goats is because it's against the law to use a drug not in accordance with the label (its for goats, so it shouldn't be used for sheep), unless you have a vet say it's okay (so if you still want to use the goat wormer, ask your vet...if they say it's fine, you're good).

 

[20kidsonhill]

You need to treat them for tapeworms. valbazene or safegaurd orally, I know in goats it has to be treated for 3 days in a row. Not positive about lambs, my guess they also should be treated 3 days for tapeworm loads.

 

[neener92]

20kidsonhill will the safeguard for goats work you think? How about a safeguard worm block?

 

[20kidsonhill]

20kidsonhill will the safeguard for goats work you think? How about a safeguard worm block?

safegaurd is safegaurd, doesn't matter if it is goats or sheep. Dose is a little less for sheep, give at the recommended dose and not at 3x the label dose like you do for goats. Although it is hard to overdose safegaurd. Infact, up until recently safequard was labeled for sheep and cattle and not goats. The active ingredience is fenbendazole.

I have never used a worm block or a wormer that is added to the feed, so i can't advice you on this.


Valbazene is another story, this can be overdosed and should never be used on pregnant animals.



NOt sure about equimax horse wormer for sheep, but it sure clears out the tapeworms in my goats. Like by the handfuls. If you research tapeworms you will learn that the safegaurd and valbazene only remove tapeworm segments, were the product praziquantel removes the head of the tapeworms. Praziguantel isn't labeled for dairy or meat livestock in the uSA, it is only sold for pets, like dogs, cats, and horses.

It is in the following wormers for horses:

Equimax horse paste(ivermectin plus praziquantel)

quest Plus horse paste(moxidectin plus praziquantel). Moxidectin is the active ingredience in cydectin.

and zimecterin plus horse paste(,ivermectin plus praziquantel) this product has a lower percentage of praziquantel in it than the equimax horse wormer.

 

[neener92]

So the safe guard will work? Like I said I gave the safe guard by mouth and I just bought the safeguard deworming block.

 

[Beekissed]

And you might try something a little more gentle and just see if it works. Five ml of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, 5 ml of garlic juice (you can use a tsp of garlic powder if you don't have juice), a tsp of raw honey, 5 ml of water....bolus with drench tool.

This worked for my sheep for 2 + years and it doesn't hurt them one bit if you repeat it...you really can't put a sheep into shock with this type of dewormer. It's good and good for them!