[Jacob-list] Feeding Jacobs - wool break

[ARTHUR PARTRIDGE]

I had two sheep with wool breaks this last spring.  This has never happened
before.  The ewe and the wether are related so it could be a genetic
propensity.  The ewe lost wool on the front half of her body.  I think it
could be age related, she is 11 yrs old.  The 2-yr old wether lost wool
from his back.  I think it was mostly from stress.  The other wethers and
two rams seem to pick on him, he must be at the bottom of the social order.
A younger wether is going in this year so that might change the social
order.

So besides feeding, parasite load, and illness; perhaps age and stress can
be added to the many causes of wool break?

Cathy
Moscow, Idaho