Sarah Mortimer

Sarah graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2011 and went straight into a large animal only practice, working on the New Forest for five years. Sarah joined the Livestock Partnership in October 2016 and, amongst other things, set up the Flock Health Club within the practice. This was a chance for her to focus on her favourite aspect of large animal work; sheep!

Sheep Zoonotic disease

Sheep / By Sarah Mortimer

Ovine chlamydiosis is a bacterial disease acquired from infected sheep or goats. It causes abortion in sheep and goats and is known as ‘enzootic abortion in ewes’ (EAE). Chlamydophila abortus infections are the most common cause of abortions in sheep in the UK. Infected sheep and goats often have no symptoms when they first become …

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Jan 26 2021January 26, 2021

Is it just soggy feet?

Sheep / By Sarah Mortimer

With the wet weather, Autumn is undeniably here! The soggy conditions under foot are often blamed for an upsurge in sheep lameness, but let’s look at what we can control! Soggy feet are vulnerable to all sorts of lameness, but if there is not a sky high level of infectious bugs in the flock for …

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Nov 11 2020November 30, 2020