AVOIDABLE LOSSES
Losses of lambs under six weeks of age from pulpy kidney can be prevented only by vaccinating the ewes, states the Department of Agriculture. If ewes have not been vaccinated in previous years, the first dose should be injected when they are crutched before flipping and another dose should be injected just before lambing. Ewes which have been vaccinated in previous years require only the prelambing injection. Vaccination should be done in temporary yards. Syringes should be boiled before use and needles should be kept in methylated spirit and wiped and changed each time the syringe is filled. Vaccination of ewes will not be effective in preventing losses in lambs over six weeks of age. Where such losses occur, it is necessary to vaccinate the lambs themselves.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27914, 10 March 1956, Page 7
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