Identifying and Treating Milk Fever and Ketosis

Develop shepherding skills with Dr. Cindy Wolf, DVM and Dr. Dan Morrical, PhD. Learn to identify and treat ketosis and milk fever (hypocalcemia). They share their thoughts and methods on these common lambing time illnesses.
If you have any questions about sheep health and nutrition, send an email to [e-mail] to speak with Dr. Dan Morrical or a veterinary consultant.

[@paulamilby8563]

I supervise a 2000 ewe herd and I have found the the moment a ewe is slow to feed or slow out of the corral on the winter range, catch her and if she is starting ketosis her breath will have a very faint sweet smell. If treated right then and taken it and put on good feed at the farm she will hardly ever go down.

[@shamsqaisranibaloch5113]

Great

[@bobe.5189]

Very helpful, thank you

[@mohanad.nzubair6722]

What is the correlation between calcium and constriction of pupils ? Although can this method be applied on all breeds ? As well as is to going to work on does ???

[@premier1supplies]

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[@sandykyle7551]

Does this work on goats as well to tell the diffenrence?

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[@terrijohnston8803]

Can I use a Karo* syrup and molasses mix for energy?

[@premier1supplies]

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[@woodylane8046]

The ketotic ewe needs to increase glucose in her blood. The best way of doing this is with propylene glycol, which is absorbed quickly from the gut and converted directly into glucose in the liver. Contrary to intuition, high energy feedstuffs like molasses and Karo syrup do not do this efficiently because they are metabolized into other products by the rumen microbes rather than being converted into glucose. Time is of the essence in ketosis.

[@annpell16]

hi what is the supplement used for ketosis? mentioned in Israeli study? and how much please. And thank you for posting this. Ann

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[@luisarashirovideo]

I wanna know too

[@premier1supplies]

All of this is covered at 2:50

[@MariThor15]

I have been having my ewes go down after lambing. What is that?

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[@dr.brijtiwari9964]

Can be adminstration cbg in pregnant animal? It can cause abortion.

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