Wobbly Ram-Meningeal?

[Four Winds Ranch]

I was wonderimg, does he seem to have a loss of appittite and his weight has been going down hill for the last bit?
Just curious, as I have a ram that is wobbley as well, but he also seems to have a lacking appitite?
Pease keep us updated, as I NEED to know if my ram has the same problem!!
Thanks for posting?

 

[RemudaOne]

Bridge, hope your guy does well with the treatment! Will be thinking of you, keep us posted and keep your chin up

 

[Bridgemoof]

Hi FourWinds, his weight has not gone done from what I can tell. One day last week he didn't seem to be hungry, and has been lagging a little bit. He has been with 10 ewes, and I haven't seen him acting ramly lately towards them lately, so I was hoping they are all bred. I hope it isn't because he hasn't felt well.

The meningeal affects their hind quarters first. Can you tell of your ram is wobbly on his back legs?

I would go ahead and treat him Fourwinds, if he doesn't have it the additional wormer won't hurt him, I don't think

 

[bonbean01]

Hope both your rams will be okay!!!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Well I am cautiously optimistic about Dipsy! He is much less wobbly today, almost walking normal, in fact. It's hard to say at this point what made him improve, since we dosed him up with all sorts of stuff. But we'll keep up the Safeguard for 5 days and monitor him. We have him and all his girls up now for worming. I want to make sure they get something into them that is a preventative against the meningeal. The last thing they were wormed with was Valbazen in August.

It really pays to keep an eye on your sheep and if they seem off at all you can act quickly. I think the Dipster is going to be okay

Thanks to everyone for your help and support!

 

[RemudaOne]

Yay!!!

 

[ksalvagno]

Meningeal Worm preventative is Ivomec injected. You have to inject it for the preventative. The incubation period of M Worm is 60 days.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Hey ksalvagno, how is the injectable different than the oral paste? Curious.

Dipsy continues to improve, and was actually able to mount my biggest ewe yesterday while I had them in the worming chute.

 

[ksalvagno]

I can't remember the full reason but Ivomec processed in the stomach is not as effective on M Worm. So it needs to be injected. A study was done on alpacas and it did confirm that Ivomec given orally is not as effective as injected Ivomec for M Worm prevention.

 

[Shelly May]

Seems more and more sheep farmers are seeing this this year!! Please alert everyone who raise
sheep to watch for these signs as others have seen, With all the drought this year the deer which
are the cause of the Meningeal worm, are visiting our pastures more then usual, spread the word
that early detection is the only way to save the sheep, Threating them with the ivormetric for 5 days
straight is a must. Hope all sheep talked about here on forum are going to make it.