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Pulpy kidney: The silent killer

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Agricultur­al Business Consultant

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on the look forǤ ids and lambs with tawcuotheo’uursl’Ǥdzy kidney can die within krTaoaflin­wdhdeenadt­hlaemy bwseorreks­ideseminiy­nogulyr healthy the ’re˜ious day is not a ’retǦ ’tyers’iglehšteadnǤ d lea˜es many ’roducers udden mortalitie­s among shee’ maonfodwst­ghcoicoahm­ts’mmuola’nyǤ hkaid˜enesye˜iseroanlec­aoufstehse­ǡ ionnnsehoe­ofeut’hthaeenmrd­nogsotfar’tisrcǤoaǡm’iunle’nytkdiidsn­eeayseis ageltchaon­ugchonsthr­eaec’t tahneddgio­saetasseoǡ­fiatniys mbmtheoort­enswettelh­ymesnfǤoon­tuhtnhedsa­ǡagomersob­onefgttwhl­aermeenbws­sieašenakdnsdka­inͳdʹds hen ’ul’y kidney occurs in goats

Pit can cause chronic diarrhoeaǡ which icnagnelem­aadctiaott­ehdeǤ goat dying or becomǦ hee’ and goats that are suddenly ’maos˜tuerdesfrs­oumch ’asoourcger­anœeiǡ nrygetgora­gsos odr

MAIN CAUSES green oatsǡ ȋchange of diet or stress at owfetahnei­ndgisȌeias­soenǤ e of the maŒor causes hen stock is weaned they are unǦ der stress and they get ’ul’y kidney tifonwote˜aancincign­Ǥated at least ͳͲ days ’rior f animals are in the ˜ery early stagǦ es of the diseaseǡ the animals a’’ear

SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR

mlisot˜lemsseǡ ngtrsinand­dtfhaellir­dtoewenthǤ ǡ kicking ouonmgekai­dnsimaanld­s lhaam˜ebsmhiald˜edicaorlri­choaenadǤ cdauniecbk­toegc’oamitnseǤc­balnomatae­kdebaehfoi­sresitnhge­syoduinedǤ lseuTachdh­etaorsesu’adrrudeseo­sntichmeao­crridtdail’sietoiaies­soeinsitnt­hgeaǡ hltaecmrad­nbǡ adnydsehne­taertyǡwba­ltoeordǡ toguntaǡm’aesatefuew­reǤllosis ul’y kidney is such a common occurrence­ǡ that a modern shee’ or

PREVENTION AND CONTROL goat farmer cannot function ’ro’erly i’flahnenoer­ds˜haeccdione­astinonot’hroa˜geraam’mroe’foer his shee’ or goatsǤ

This a’’lies to both adult shee’ and gagoaitns abtesfoišretolaemig­bhitnwgeoe­rkksiadndd­intghearne­dǦ after at weaning of lambs and kidsǤ

There are good “uality ’roducts ’a˜ual’ilyakbilde­noeynntahm­e emlyaǢrmku­elttit˜oašcon’tlruoslǡ multiclosǡ ultra choice ͺǡ co˜ešin ͳͲ aonildba’suelȌ’Ǥy kidney ˜accine ȋwater or

lways read the instructio­n on the labels of when they should be a’’lied

VERY IMPORTANT

and the dosage rate ’er animalǤ colwloleoa­ckytsaatnt­tayhke˜eaecašc’ciinoreyod­l abtoešontothbeub­yoattnledǤ by tBhǣe dlwosaaygs­eloroaktea’t tehrea’nrimiceald­tio˜igdie˜de hyoasuodrt­ihffufeerc­rtheonesrt d’inoefsroar­dgmoesaret­aiǤtoEensa’cchoenr’taranocidt­mǣuacltǤ inDzgdzoluti­ons Dri˜en by d˜ice Ƭ TrainǦ

Diccon Robinson

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To find dead lambs or kids in your kraal when they were seemingly healthy the previous day is not a pretty sight.
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