Eales F A, Small J, Dickson I A, Smith M E, Speedy A W
Vet Rec. 1984 May 12;114(19):469-71. doi: 10.1136/vr.114.19.469.
A new system for the detection and treatment of hypothermia in newborn lambs was evaluated on 30 commercial farms. This system comprised the detection of hypothermia with the aid of an electronic thermometer, the reversal of hypoglycaemia in lambs aged more than five hours by an intraperitoneal injection of glucose solution, warming in air at 40 degrees C and careful management after warming. Of all lambs treated, 69 per cent were alive one week later. The majority of lambs which were treated and lived were subsequently reared on ewes. Treatment was more successful in lambs aged less than five hours (76 per cent) than in older lambs (64 per cent). Higher success rates were recorded when the hypothermia was detected in the temperature range of 37.0 to 39.0 degrees C (83 per cent) than when it was only detected at a temperature of less than 37.0 degrees C (65 per cent). Twins and triplet lambs were more susceptible to hypothermia than singles.
在30个商业农场对一种用于检测和治疗新生羔羊体温过低的新系统进行了评估。该系统包括借助电子温度计检测体温过低，对超过5小时龄的羔羊通过腹腔注射葡萄糖溶液来纠正低血糖，在40摄氏度的空气中保暖以及保暖后进行精心护理。在所有接受治疗的羔羊中，69%在一周后存活。大多数接受治疗并存活下来的羔羊随后由母羊抚养。对小于5小时龄的羔羊治疗更为成功（76%），而对年龄较大的羔羊治疗成功率为（64%）。当在37.0至39.0摄氏度的温度范围内检测到体温过低时，记录的成功率更高（83%），而仅在低于37.0摄氏度的温度下检测到体温过低时成功率为（65%）。双胞胎和三胞胎羔羊比单胞胎羔羊更容易体温过低。
