Dealing with abortions in sheep and goats
Many conditions can cause abortions in sheep and goats. The most common are enzootic abortion, brucellosis, Rift Valley fever, Wesselsbron disease, stress and habitual abortion.
ENZOOTIC ABORTION
Enzootic abortion (chlamydiosis) is a contagious disease in sheep and goats. It occurs countrywide in South Africa, and may be found in the intestines of healthy animals.
The disease usually spreads during lambing and kidding. Sheep and goats pick up the organism by mouth when they graze in an area contaminated by infected afterbirth or uterine fluid. The lambs/kids can be infected during
