{"id":3204,"date":"2012-10-04T16:08:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T21:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premier1supplies.com\/sheep-guide\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2024-10-19T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T18:39:51","slug":"processing-lambs-with-o-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premier1supplies.com\/sheep-guide\/2012\/10\/processing-lambs-with-o-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Processing lambs with “O” rings"},"content":{"rendered":"

An expander<\/a> stretches the latex rubber ring(s)<\/a> open to allow sliding it over a tail\u00a0or scrotum. When released the ring(s) clamps the arteries shut. The tail or scrotum usually drops off in 7 to 14 days.\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

See Premier’s docking and\u00a0castrating video<\/a> using O rings.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rings (from all sources) occasionally break so it\u2019s <\/strong>wise to either:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Check results a week later and re-ring as needed.<\/li>\n
  2. Apply 2 rings instead of one. Rings are less than 2\u00a2 so it\u2019s cheap insurance. We put 2 rings on all pasture-born lambs because lambs are older (so may have thicker tails) and we don\u2019t want to bring the flock in a second time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Though the ring method is proven by tests to cause more animal distress than a knife or emasculator, the pain lasts less than 30 minutes if lambs are less than 7 days old.<\/p>\n

    Advantages of ring method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • No method is simpler or quicker.<\/li>\n
    • Rings and expander are not expensive.<\/li>\n
    • Tool\/rings fit into pockets or tool boxes.<\/li>\n
    • Fly-strike is less likely (no blood).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Issues of ring method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. With lambs and kids it can be difficult to get both testicles below the ring because the testicles are small.<\/li>\n
      2. Applying rings before a lamb or kid is 24 hours old, up on its feet, nursing and active may interrupt nursing and so pre-dispose lamb to death from E. coli problems (\u201cwatery mouth\u201d). That\u2019s why we wait 2 days to use them on twins, triplets and orphans.<\/li>\n
      3. Rings may make a lamb vulnerable to tetanus. Vaccinate all ewes or does for this prior to lambing or kidding.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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