by "JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
Published 03/28/2017 at 20:46
by "JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
Published 03/28/2017 at 20:46
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one of our ewes tested positive for CL :(
we’re freaking out a little, but trying to stay positive....
"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
03/28/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 0
Just googled it and that’s rough. Hope it ends well bud
"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
03/28/2017 at 20:51, STARS: 0
thanks, so do we...
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
03/28/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 1
Staying positive is about the only thing you can do. I work on a 3500 head sow farm and kind of know that feeling from when ours got the flu towards the end of last year. We are just now seeing the last effects on birth rates from that one.
"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
03/28/2017 at 21:04, STARS: 0
yeah, we’re freaking out a bit... We’re trying to grow the flock and we have 15 lambs on the ground, 1/2 of which are pure-bred blue-faced Leichester. (a rare heritage-breed)... and now this.... Argh!
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
03/28/2017 at 21:34, STARS: 1
Well, at least you caught it early enough to put that ewe in isolation and pray that the others haven’t gotten anything right? That definitely sounds like a rough situation. I wish you the best of luck.
"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
03/28/2017 at 22:27, STARS: 0
Another hog farmer on Oppo? Did not expect that.
We had flu last year as well. The effects on litter size and farrowing rate were with us until October but it’s not the worst thing we can have.
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
03/28/2017 at 22:44, STARS: 0
I’m fairly new to the whole thing but it’s fairly fascinating so far. They don’t really talk about what caused it but for some reason about 3 years ago they had to depop the whole farm. I would take a small out of flu over something like that any day.
As far as litter size goes due to the flu it is destroying our numbers. I believe they said they are averaging around 9 or less born alive on the ones that were bred around that time.
"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
03/28/2017 at 22:55, STARS: 1
Probably PED or PRRS, both can be devastating to a herd and are difficult and time consuming (months) to get out of a barn once infected. A full depop is a worst case scenario but also probably the most effective in combination with thorough clean and disinfection. A flu, even a bad one, is peanuts in comparison.
Our numbers didn’t get quite that bad, iirc, we managed reasonably well. Interestingly, one barn was more severely affected on born alive numbers, while the other took a bigger hit on the conception rate.