04/24/2026
Our oldest group of lambs recently got ear tags and round 1 of vaccinations. This leads into the purpose of these preventative techniques.
The ear tags serve as an identification tool. Farms will use different codes for recognizing the sheep. At our farm, red tags indicate a ram and white indicates an ewe. Some farms use different aspects based on birth year, the sire and dam, medical/birth defects, or whether they were a single, twin, or triplet.
The first vaccine provided to all of our sheep is CDT which is a preventative for tetanus and enterotoxemia. The “C” and “D” are representative of clostridium perfringins type C and D (overeating disease). This results when they get too much sugar in their diets.