what is redgut in lambs
Red gut in lamb lucerne grazing trials at Lincoln. Red gut is a disease of weaned lambs grazing lucerne characterized by sudden death. Affected animals show intense reddening of the intestines in the region drained by the anterior mesenteric vein and in many cases the intestines are displaced.Healthy lambs grazing lucerne often have displaced intestines.Red gut and visceral displacement do not occur when lambs graze ryegrass pastures.pidemiology data from lamb grazing trials showed that early and late weaned animals, lambs vaccinated against clostridial diseases, lambs supplemented with lucerne hay, and whether lambs grazed stands sprayed with paraquat or not were susceptible to red gut.