Table 2. Flock owner reported clinical signs in 90 sheep flocks with malformed lambs in the lambing season 2011/2012 in the Netherlands.
Group | Symptom | Percentage of flocks |
Behaviour of ewe | Ewe slow | 17.8% |
Ewe spends more time lying | 12.2% | |
Parturition | Abnormal uterine fluid | 23.3% |
Caesarean section | 8.9% | |
Dystocia | 45.6% | |
Posterior presentation | 33.3% | |
Prolonged parturition | 50.0% | |
Lambs | Hydrops ascites lambs | 23.3% |
Neurological symptoms lambs | 37.8% | |
Udder health | Abnormal udder development | 15.6% |
Abnormal consistence of the milk | 4.4% | |
Mastitis | 10.0% | |
Insufficient amount of milk | 18.9% |