Watery mouth is a bacterial infection caused by E coli which affects new born lambs. The bacteria is found in the environment and lambs are born with no immunity against it. When infection occurs ...

Mr Isaac, who runs a flock of 1,550 ewes at Mynachdy farm, Pontypridd, used to have serious problems with joint ill and watery mouth in his lambs and would typically lose 10 or more lambs a season.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. WATERY mouth disease in young lambs is a significant loss to many sheep farmers and costs the industry dearly. In this article, supplied by the ...

Aim to give the lambs 10ml /kg of 20 percent glucose that has been warmed up to 39°C. Watery mouth is commonly seen when lambing indoors. It is caused by E.coli bacteria which the lambs ingests ...

As lambing time draws closer, sheep farmers have been urged to make sure they have a plan to manage and combat watery mouth, a common disease of new born lambs, in place. The call came in response ...

As lambing is now drawing to a close I have just 20 ewes left to lamb from just under 1,100. It was a busy few weeks but generally speaking it went fairly well. I did, however, get a lot of ...

NEW-BORN lambs that drink enough colostrum will be protected from a disease common in intensive indoor lambing flocks. The disease, known commonly as "watery mouth" and characterised by lethargy ...

WATERY mouth disease in young lambs is a significant loss to many sheep farmers and costs the industry dearly. In this article, supplied by the National Animal Diseases Information Service, we look at ...