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Common Disorders affecting sheep Part 6 Neurological Diseases

By Admin, on March 24th, 2011

Tetanus (Lockjaw) limb stiffness, stilted gait as disease advances, animal will stiffen completely and not be able to open jaw convulsions, often triggered by sudden noises 3rd eyelid membrane may be visible breathing difficult death occurs in 3-4 days Cause/Transmission bacteria in soil (Clostridium tetani) enters body through wound and produces a toxin which . . . → Read More: Common Disorders affecting sheep Part 6 Neurological Diseases

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Possible Origins of CWD

By Asst Editor Dave T, on December 24th, 2010

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A state Division of Wildlife biologist believes a nutritional study he conducted with deer, sheep and goats in the late 1960s might have been the genesis of chronic wasting disease. Gene Schoonveld suspects some of the sheep in his study had scrapie, a relative of chronic wasting disease. Some of the . . . → Read More: Possible Origins of CWD

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