Vet coming tomorrow; Moving stress and deworming + vaccinations

[NachoFarm]

So our SHEEPIES ARE HERE! Gosh they're cute...and funny.

The woman we got them from said that since they would be stressed out from the move that we should worm them right away when we got home. Does that make sense or should I just get the vet to do a fecal first and find out if they even have worms? As well, the 3 month old hasn't had any vaccinations as of yet, is there any that are 100% recommended? The two adult ewes had vaccines last year but I'm not sure they require any boosters etc. The vet is coming tomorrow morning so I want to have a game plan so I don't get dragged into unnecessary vaccines and/or worming programs.

They share pasture with the goats and I'm going to have them tested as well as up until now we haven't implemented any sort of worming.

 

[shawnfisher]

I vaccinated all my goats, brood ewes and breeding rams today with Virashield 6- abortion vaccine; Covexin 8- abortion vaccine; J-Vac- mastitis vaccine; CDT; and ivomec dewormer. Plus I gave LS50 and trimmed feet on the two or three who were limping.

They all got pinkeye vaccine a month ago or so.

Must give vaccines: CDT and an abortion one geared towards vibrio.

 

[SheepGirl]

We only give CD/T...lambs get it at 30 days and 60 days and then ewe lambs will get it 30 days pre-breeding. Everyone (ewes, rams) gets it 30 days pre-lambing. We don't give vaccines for anything else and so far haven't had the need to. We haven't dewormed anybody in the past three to four years (due to my neighbor's 'selection' program of letting sheep die in between yearly health checks, and the pasture was understocked).

Learn how to do vaccinations and dewormings yourself and you will save a load of $$$ at the vet.

ETA: Have your vet teach you how to trim feet if you don't already know how.

 

[shawnfisher]

We only give CD/T...lambs get it at 30 days and 60 days and then ewe lambs will get it 30 days pre-breeding. Everyone (ewes, rams) gets it 30 days pre-lambing. We don't give vaccines for anything else and so far haven't had the need to. We haven't dewormed anybody in the past three to four years (due to my neighbor's 'selection' program of letting sheep die in between yearly health checks, and the pasture was understocked).

Learn how to do vaccinations and dewormings yourself and you will save a load of $$$ at the vet.

ETA: Have your vet teach you how to trim feet if you don't already know how.

some people HAVE to give vaccines-- it's far more cost effective at preventing-- than it is treating or dealing with abortion outbreaks... Lets put it this way for all of you anti-medicine people-- having half of your brood ewes abort doesn't pay the bills-- nor does having every single first timer abort...

I wish I could find a good footrot vaccine again- footrot is the single largest cause of a lack of profit in the sheep industry today, it will put you out of business if serious enough.

the pinkeye deal is a hassle-- We get it serious in about 10 ewes every July like crazy... Get's tired and old having to treat it- and having the ewes stumble around through the hot wires and onto the road.

 

[SheepGirl]

We only give CD/T...lambs get it at 30 days and 60 days and then ewe lambs will get it 30 days pre-breeding. Everyone (ewes, rams) gets it 30 days pre-lambing. We don't give vaccines for anything else and so far haven't had the need to. We haven't dewormed anybody in the past three to four years (due to my neighbor's 'selection' program of letting sheep die in between yearly health checks, and the pasture was understocked).

Learn how to do vaccinations and dewormings yourself and you will save a load of $$$ at the vet.

ETA: Have your vet teach you how to trim feet if you don't already know how.

some people HAVE to give vaccines-- it's far more cost effective at preventing-- than it is treating or dealing with abortion outbreaks... Lets put it this way for all of you anti-medicine people-- having half of your brood ewes abort doesn't pay the bills-- nor does having every single first timer abort...

I wish I could find a good footrot vaccine again- footrot is the single largest cause of a lack of profit in the sheep industry today, it will put you out of business if serious enough.

the pinkeye deal is a hassle-- We get it serious in about 10 ewes every July like crazy... Get's tired and old having to treat it- and having the ewes stumble around through the hot wires and onto the road.

I'm not anti-medicine and I agree completely that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (including deworming and vaccinating). However, my flock has no history of abortions, foot rot, pink eye, sore mouth, etc (knock on wood) and some of the vaccines labeled for sheep should only be given to animals who come from a flock with a history of those diseases since they are live vaccines and I prefer not to introduce them into my flock.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I give CD/T to lambs at 60 and 90 days, to ewes 30 days prior to lambing, and a yearly booster for everyone. I've given the foot rot vaccine to the flock before (on a farm where I worked, not my own sheep) and didn't notice any significant changes in the numbers of sheep who got footrot. For us, it wasn't worth the cost of the vaccine. I've never vaccinated for vibrio, and never had any abortions, but if you live in an area where that happens, I'd say it'd be worth the shot.

 

[BrownSheep]

We give cd/t as well. Some of our older lambs in the past, that we bought, didn't get anything that we know o and are fine. We haven't wormed in two years but haven't had an issue. They'll get done this fall with everything if I see a need for it.