Care of newborn lambs

After the lamb is born, the mucus in the mouth and nose should be cleaned up in time so that it can breathe air normally. It is very easy for dystocia lambs to infuse mucus such as amniotic fluid into the deep nasal cavity or lungs. The lamb can be lifted upside down and shaken gently to promote mucus excretion from the body. Then let the ewe lick or manually dry the mucus on the lamb to avoid loss of body temperature.

Lambs should also eat colostrum as soon as possible to obtain maternal antibodies. Due to the weak physique of dystocia lambs, when they are unable to breastfeed themselves, they should be fed with colostrum artificially.