Weajey Bauer
Apr4l 21, 1954
400 ewes
Sheep wintered with Richard Leigh's flock.
Started supplemental feeding 3 weeks before separating flocks~
consisting of barley, cottonseed meal and bone meal.
Feeding now 5 bales of hay a day and 100 lbs corn.
flesh,
Sheep
A few younger ewes showed lacrimation (bilateral)
27 abortions»
feed pellets
appear in good
abortions in ewes of all egese yearlings to one ~ twelve
years old. Started aborting first of April, Abortions always occurred
when twins with one fetus, almost mature and one very smell fetus.
5% of fleck had become involved with lesions around mouth and nose.
Involved regions become reddened and slightly swollen. Seabs appeared
in 4-5 days.
Wool starting to grow back in alopecia areas.
Those
vaceinated last year for sore-muzzle showing lesions also around mouth
and noae,
Suspect Vitamin A deficiency ami possible contagious “othyma
Blood samples taken for vitamin A analysis
q-76
poe ARCHIVES