Veterinary Science & Technology

Thomas J Baldwin

Publications

• Research Article
  Diagnoses of Primary Cause of Mortality in Domestic Sheep in the North American Intermountain West
  Author(s): David J Wilson, Thomas J Baldwin and E Jane KellyDavid J Wilson, Thomas J Baldwin and E Jane Kelly
  
  Causes of death of 246 domestic sheep (Ovis aries) necropsied from 2009-2016 at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory were summarized. Sheep originated from Utah (93%), Idaho (6%) or Wyoming (0.4%). There were 54 fetuses, 21 4 week lambs (1-28 d old), 69 young lambs (29-180 d), 28 older lambs (181-365 d), and 74 adult sheep (>365 d). If no age was provided, age was estimated from body weight based on literature and expert opinion. Of the 48% of sheep with age provided, 91% matched with the body weight estimates. Primary cause of mortality was diagnosed in 228 cases (93%); 6 diseases accounted for 136 (60%) of the diagnoses: abortion 50 (22%), parasitism 29 (13%) (most from H. contortus), pneumonia 19 (8%) (95% bacterial), enteritis/enterotoxemia 17 (7%), bloat 13 (6%), and selenium deficiency 8 (4%). No cause of death was evident in 18 sheep (7%). The most com.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000487

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