Resuscitation Compression for Newborn Sheep

Tasman Flora; Mary Smallman; Michelle Anne Kutzler

doi:10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.10.006

Resuscitation Compression for Newborn Sheep

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2021 Mar;37(1):175-181. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.10.006. Epub 2021 Jan 6.

Authors

Tasman Flora¹, Mary Smallman², Michelle Anne Kutzler²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, 112 Withycombe Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Electronic address: florata@oregonstate.edu.
² Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, 112 Withycombe Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

PMID: 33358064
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.10.006

Abstract

Neonatal maladjustment syndrome is characterized by depressed consciousness, neurologic signs, and reduced or nonexistent suckle reflex. Resuscitation compression (squeezing) has been used in newborn foals and calves to reduce the behavioral symptoms of neonatal maladjustment syndrome. In this review, the authors describe how resuscitation compression can be used in newborn sheep. This technique can improve abnormal neonatal lamb behavior and encourage suckling in resistant lambs.

Keywords: APGAR; Lamb; Madigan squeeze; Time to stand; Time to suckle.

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Apgar Score
Central Nervous System Diseases / therapy
Central Nervous System Diseases / veterinary*
Female
Pressure
Sheep
Sheep Diseases / therapy*
Sucking Behavior