OSU Sheep Team

Jeff McCutcheon, Knox County Extension Educator
It is amazing that graziers say their focus is on the forage but they don’t measure it.
Most graziers use measurements related to animal production, like the reading from the bulk tank or the weight of animals on the auction sale receipt. These are good items to keep track of [...]

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Dr. Bill Shulaw, OSU Extension Veterinarian
Green grass is beginning to peek through the brown plant residues on many Ohio pastures. If our weather pattern is typical this spring, we will soon be enjoying warmer, but wetter, weather. Although we will welcome the flush of new forage that this weather will bring, this is [...]

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Dr. Bill Shulaw, OSU Extension Veterinarian
In the previous article we described the basic signs and causes of mastitis in ewes. Mastitis caused by bacteria can be acute or chronic. Acute mastitis often results in obvious signs in the ewe such as being off feed, feverish, and depressed along with changes in the milk. [...]

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Dr. Bill Shulaw, OSU Extension Veterinarian
Every year some flocks will have ewes that deliver a live healthy lamb(s) that subsequently 1) suffers starvation, 2) must be bottle raised, or 3) grows poorly. There are several possible causes for this observation. Poor mothering ability; poor nutrition of the ewe; and systemic diseases in the [...]

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