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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: c day on July 07, 2010, 09:39:07 pm

Title: white flaky skin
Post by: c day on July 07, 2010, 09:39:07 pm

We have a tamworth sow who had her first litter a while back , but during the pregnancy her skin went white and flakey and she went mad with itch scratching against the walls till nearly all her hair fell out she looks rough now, we have treated her for mange and although the scratching has stopped she still looks bad, our vet thinks it might be a lack of vitamin A or zinc as mange is usually passed onto other animals and none of our other pigs have it even though they were running with her, no other new animals were brought onto the farm during this time so if it was mange it wasnt introduced from another animal, well not a farm one anyway, has anyone else had a similar experience?

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Title: Re: white flaky skin
Post by: Hilarysmum on July 08, 2010, 07:52:16 am

Not having seen it cant be sure its the same, but when we had tamworths we had one who had awfully flaky skin, which we treated with emulsifying cream which worked very well.  (It definitely wasnt mange)

Title: Re: white flaky skin
Post by: scattybiker1972 on July 08, 2010, 10:42:52 am

seeweed supplement helps.

Title: Re: white flaky skin
Post by: sausagesandcash on July 15, 2010, 01:46:16 am

Did you ever find out what was wrong?

Title: Re: white flaky skin
Post by: c day on July 25, 2010, 02:06:27 pm

hello,
       we gave our sow some seaweed i also rubbed her down with seaweed, but also gave her a jag of killomec,so what worked and what didnt i dont know, but she has stopped scratching the past few weeks and is growing a nice new coat. thanks all

Title: Re: white flaky skin
Post by: sausagesandcash on July 25, 2010, 11:13:11 pm

What in heavens name is killomec, I have googled it, but nothing..?

Title: Re: white flaky skin
Post by: skidley on July 26, 2010, 07:28:07 am

I would guess its an ivermectin inj