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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on October 29, 2016, 01:14:06 pm

Title: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on October 29, 2016, 01:14:06 pm

10 days ago we had a ryeland limping
So got it sprayed it
Couple of days later still limping and noticed it had abcess in the foot so gave it betamox AB
And again 3 days later
It's improved and gave another shot of AB today
On inspecting the foot it had cleared up and where the void is where abcess was it looks like the pad is partly coming away from the foot
Would this be normal?
I couldn't take a pic as battery had died
I feel it may have foot rot

Any advice welcome

Title: Re: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: Backinwellies on October 29, 2016, 02:07:13 pm

3 doses of AB should have killed any foot rot,

Title: Re: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: twizzel on October 29, 2016, 04:22:11 pm

As above, is it still lame? Anti-inflamatory will help if so. We had a ewe with strike in her back foot back in August, brought her in for 10-14 days with a friend and after we sorted the maggots she had Alamycin LA and metacam every 3 days for the first week, sprayed the foot every day with blue spray which dried it up nicely, she went back out and has been fine since. Didn't trim anything but just made sure it was completely dried up and not smelling anymore before she went back out. 

Title: Re: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: Womble on October 29, 2016, 05:45:22 pm

Quote from: Backinwellies on October 29, 2016, 02:07:13 pm

3 doses of AB should have killed any foot rot,

Well it should have killed the infection, but the 'rot' will still take time to heal, right?


A photo is going to be worth 1000 words here!

Title: Re: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: pharnorth on October 29, 2016, 06:52:54 pm

Hopefully by tomorrow you will have a recharged battery because a photo would help. I had similar with my ram Ryeland a couple of months ago, I was not quite as generous with the ab but it did take about 3 weeks to really get on top of the problem as difficult to tell if any subsequent limping is due to more infection or the uneven nature of the foot as the wall and pad are compromised. Once some wall/ pad did shed off he became sound. If you are new to this it is a great time to find an experienced person to take a look and pick their knowledge up.

Title: Re: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: Marches Farmer on October 29, 2016, 07:24:51 pm

Can you Google CODD (Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis) and see if that's what the abscess looked like?

Title: Re: Ryeland poorly foot
Post by: Bramham Wiltshire Horns on October 29, 2016, 08:57:38 pm

Will do farmers

A farmer friend has give me the ABs so happy to give what they need
She's made slot of a improvement

I will get pic over weekend she's in with ram so I'm conscious of giving too much stress
If you imagine a blister that has dried and skin comes away that's what it's like