What if the ewe's afterbirth doesn't fit?

The treatment measures of placenta retention in ewes include drug therapy, surgical stripping and natural stripping.

First, drug treatment. Within 24 hours after delivery, we can inject 0.8 ~ 1 ml oxytocin injection, pituitrin injection or ergotamine injection into the muscle of the sick sheep.

Surgical stripping method, if it still has no effect within 48 ~ 72 hours after medication, should be taken immediately. The specific operation method is as follows: first, protect the sick sheep, put on rubber gloves and disinfect. The operator holds the placenta outside the genital tract with one hand and slowly pulls it out. The other hand reaches into the ewe's uterus, clamps the villi around the placenta into a bundle with the index finger and middle finger, and peels off the periphery of the mother and child placenta with the thumb, so that the placenta gradually separates from the mother. After the surgical stripping is completed, antiseptic disinfectant or antibiotics are injected into the ewe uterus. The most common method is to dissolve 2g oxytetracycline in 100 ml physiological saline and inject it into the uterine cavity of ewe.

Natural stripping method, which does not require surgical stripping, is often used for ewes with placental insufficiency. The specific operation is: use preservatives and disinfectants or antibiotics to dissolve and discharge fetal membranes, so as to achieve the purpose of self-stripping. Oxytetracycline capsules (each capsule contains oxytetracycline 0.5g) can be put into uterus with good effect.