Sheep specialist, Michael Gottstein, is on this week’s OviCast podcast to talk about diagnosing and treating hypothermia in lambs. 

Michael explains what hypothermia is, the symptoms and predisposing factors. 

They discuss steps involved to warm these lambs up to normal body temperature based on age, severity and the type of energy source required. 

Michael explains why and how to use the glucose/intra-peritoneal injection, describing the technique, how to make up the glucose solution and why it’s a vital lifesaving technique that farmers can use. 

Here also is a link to a recent Let’s Talk Sheep webinar covering this and other lambing related topics: 

https://bit.ly/Letstalksheep_Mar23

For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:
https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/sheep/ovicast-sheep-podcast