mysunwolf
Herd Master
We are new to sheep and have a flock of 6 ewes, plus a few lambs. We gave the pregnant girls their CDT shots in mid March on the left side and then again in early April on the right side. Yesterday I noticed that ALL the ewes have huge lumps on both injection sites. A few of them are reddish, so far none are "open" although there is a little scabbing on a few of the ewes. The lambs have lumps as well but not nearly as bad.
More info... we do subcu in the underarm and along the ribs with clean 18 gauge needles for the adults, 20 gauge for the lambs. Sometimes we re-use syringes and will sterilize by boiling them in water for 15 minutes. We don't re-use needles. We use one needle for the draw from the vial, and another needle to do the injection.
The only thing that is different from last year is that I ordered my CDT from a different place and the brand is Colorado serum. We also did not give as much time for the meds to come to room temp from the fridge as we did last year. Weather was dry.
Any thoughts? A combination of factors? Just thought it was pretty uncommon or the whole flock to have huge lumps! Thanks sheep peeps.
More info... we do subcu in the underarm and along the ribs with clean 18 gauge needles for the adults, 20 gauge for the lambs. Sometimes we re-use syringes and will sterilize by boiling them in water for 15 minutes. We don't re-use needles. We use one needle for the draw from the vial, and another needle to do the injection.
The only thing that is different from last year is that I ordered my CDT from a different place and the brand is Colorado serum. We also did not give as much time for the meds to come to room temp from the fridge as we did last year. Weather was dry.
Any thoughts? A combination of factors? Just thought it was pretty uncommon or the whole flock to have huge lumps! Thanks sheep peeps.