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Lambs panting

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Lambs panting

Pneumonia in sheep, particularly lambs, is more likely to occur in warmer weather rather than in winter, as might be expected. This may be because the panting caused by heat stress makes lambs susceptible to the disease. Death may quickly follow.

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Reference: 22 February 2005

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Gary Clark, Neville Grace and Ken Drew, Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer – Sheep contagious diseases, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17434/lambs-panting (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Gary Clark, Neville Grace and Ken Drew, published 1 March 2009.