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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Beeducked on January 31, 2015, 09:51:42 pm
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Has anyone used this product?
I have a recurring problem with scald in a couple of my goats. Thought I would post here too as more people with experience might see it. Up till now I have been using Golden Hoof and treating all 4 of my little herd in a foot bath. It works very well but tends to recur, sometimes very quickly. Vet has no additional suggestions (one did have antibiotics once for a bas case that wouldn't settle).
Managing to keep it under control in pretty wet conditions here but the girls and I would all love a solution that doesn't need them standing in a bath for half an hour every couple of weeks! This stuff says it penetrates the hoof better and lasts longer and doesn't need prolonged soaking so you can just dunk each foot in.
It is very expensive compared to the golden hoof but if I only need to use a bucket rather than a foot bath a t a time would be worth it, but only if it does what it says!
Any opinions or experience?
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Not even secondhand experience to share, I'm afraid, although I've seen a presentation about it.
Just posted to say, if you do try it, please let us know how you get on (here on sheep) :eyelashes:
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The instructions on my bag of Golden Hoof say 2 minutes for scald or preventative use, and half an hour for treatment of footrot.
Silly comment perhaps, but are you putting them back on the same ground again after treatment? If so, could that be avoided, to break the cycle more effectively?
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Unfortunately my space is limited (only a couple of acres) so they do go back on the same ground which as you say is bound to be part of the problem. They also share with a few Castlemilk Moorits who do not have problems but of course may have some natural resistance but are acting as a reservoir for the bugs too. Actually as the ground is pretty wet and they are very fussy about getting their feet muddy, so they spend most of their time in the barn which has dry clean bedding.
I have been soaking them a bit longer than the 2 mins for scald, even though they do not have footrot as it seems mean they clear up faster and don't recur as quickly. The 2 that haven't had problems just get the 2 mins.
I think it is something I am just going to have to manage rather than eradicate in this wet weather. I did ask the vet about the footvax vaccine as part of management but not liscensed in goats (no surprise there!) and they have no experience of it in goats but not for use in lactating animals so not an option at the moment it seems.
Bring on spring!
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this stuff anything like bluestone?
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Two of my 11 sheep suffer from scald - I have to spray their feet with Teramycin spray every 3 weeks. I asked my vet about Footvax, but he said it does not work for scald. The others never suffer from it.
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I definately think it's a breed thing.
My angora goats have constant problems with scald, the dairy goats and crossbred kids never get it. They're kept in the same spaces.
Some of the sheep get it others don't.
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vet recommended tylan soluble teaspoonfull in litre water works great on both goats and sheep
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Have you tried spreading lime around places that they congregate?
Otherwise, cull them if they are repeat offenders.