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Singing Shepherd

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This morning I came out to the barn and found my one year old Jacob/Fresian cross down, panting hard. He had been there awhile judging by the amount of feces at his rear in a pile and urine soaked hay near his belly. His temp is 104. I immediately prodded him and lifted him to his feet. He did walk around some then and ate some hay. But he keeps falling over just from a standing position. His eyes r pale pink. I drenched him with Ivermectin cause thought might be a parasite load. He has been off, seems weak, last two days but grazing normally. I fear pneumonia but don't know symptoms of it to judge. What ideas do you have?
 

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Thank you or responding to my post. At the time, it was an emergency and since no one answered here on site, and I knew no one else to call, after awhile I got frantic. I tried to get him up but he kept falling down. He was obviously in respiratory distress. I just rolled him to more vertical position and sat with him to hold him up. I drenched him in case it was parasites and waited for vet office to open. They gave me a Nuflor bolus injection and Banamine. We almost lost him. But here it is a week n a half later and he is still alive! He is quite sick still, but fighting, showing small signs of improvement. He keeps falling over still. I spend a lot of time rolling him over n up. Vet thinks probably pneumonia or meningeal worm.
 

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When we first got sheep we lost our ram within two weeks. He kept falling on his knees. Anyhow i hope your boy can pull through.
 

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