[colliewoman]

SCS - I am already using Ovaloids and am using gloves to administer!
  Sally.... it defo won't stop me lunching in my fields! LOL! If the sheep can handle it, I can ) I already get face-leprosy i.e coldsores.... does that give me any immunity? I mean, I have taken SOME precautions..  . I am certainly not kissing their noses at the mo - LOL but nothing will stop me hanging out with my woolly wonders.

I sussed it!


Your sheep don't have orf, they have cold sores from where you've been snogging them eeeeewwwww

[Mallows Flock]

CW... when I first saw it, that is EXACTLY what I thought - . But I never kiss them when I have a breakout so on this occassion, NOT GUILTY M'LUD! 

[colliewoman]

 

[Dogwalker]

Does anyone know if ovaloids can be given to goats?

One of my nannies has orf and the billie kid who spends nights in the next pen has started one sore on his lip.
I expect the other kids and the billies mum will probably come down with it too,

Just as I thought things were going smoothly for a while.

[Remy]

One of my orphan lambs got orfe when I had six inside for bottle feeding, I treated him with this iodine solution which seemed to clear it up.  Another ewe lamb got it but it was very mild, none of the other four were affected.  My hubby got it on his arm but it wasn't a great problem, I can't remember what he did with it (if anything) it was just like a little burn blister.


So it's all true what they say about farmers and sheep .. 

[ballingall]

Please be aware that orf can easily be caught by people and is very very painful in its human form.

It is painful, yes, but it really isn't as bad as everyone makes out.  (Ask me how I know  )  About as bad as when you burn your arm being careless lifting a tin out the oven, and carries on being that sore for up to two weeks.

And the good news is, once you've had it, you are immune.  I guess I get my immunity topped up by handling the odd few orfy lambs each year...

So yes, absolutely, take precautions and try not to get it.  But don't let it keep you awake nights worrying about it, or stop you spending time with your sheepy lovelies.

Yep, totally agree. I too have had Orf, actually I don't remember it being that sore at all. Un slightly though!


Beth

[Tilly]

 
........ I have had it ,on my finger, about 5 years ago.
I`t was very nasty and throbbed like billi-o  - ended up having to go to Doctors.
It took several weeks to get better and the nurse at my G.Ps had to put fresh dressings on regularly.
 
Thankfully I haven`t suffered from catching it again    .....so I guess my immune system is working!
 
Tilly