Identifying sheep lameness
- Thread starter Spartacus
- Start date
blacksheepcontracting
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- Location
- Ceredigion, Wales
Looks like CODD to me. Comes in at the coronary band and spreads down the hoof rather than foot rot that spreads in and up
- Location
- N.Lincs
May be a comparison on here...about 4:13
Cheers. I thought it was the more likely of the two.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
A few people I've spoken to locally swear by footvax for preventing and curing lameness including CODD
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
I wasn't suggesting footvax cured codd on its own. We had a bunch of shearling where there was about 5% lame with codd. Footvax'd them all and ran them through a tylan footbath then separated the lames and treated with bimoxil and TEF spray. So far none of the others have gone lame but haven't reintroduced the (now cured) lame ones yet.
- Location
- West Wales
We find betamox LA works far better than alamycin LA for treating codd, that and plenty of foot bathing - 3-4 times in 1 week through formalin footbath.
harperfarmer
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I've found either zactran or draxxin works really well on CODD. Not a cheap option but sorts it out straight away and I'd rather that than look at sheep limping around the field all day.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Bimoxil twice works just as well and less than half the price.
sticky
Member
- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
I think it's 16 or 19 days
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
sticky
Member
- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
Downton_shep
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- Location
- Leintwardine
Betamox is Amoxycillin
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
I was given 3 drug options by my vet to treat CODD.
Prices are from farmacy.co.uk to allow a fair comparison and based on a 40kg lamb.
Zactran
£168.02 per bottle.
Dose of 1.7ml
£3.02 per dose
29 day withdrawal
Draxxin
£275.93
1ml dose
£2.76
16 days
Betamox LA
£13.77
4ml
£0.55
16 days
Betamox would also require a second dose 48 hours later
Prices are from farmacy.co.uk to allow a fair comparison and based on a 40kg lamb.
Zactran
£168.02 per bottle.
Dose of 1.7ml
£3.02 per dose
29 day withdrawal
Draxxin
£275.93
1ml dose
£2.76
16 days
Betamox LA
£13.77
4ml
£0.55
16 days
Betamox would also require a second dose 48 hours later
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Clearly CODD, nasty stuff.
Had really bad CODD last year, not seen one case this year... now I would have concluded that was down to Footvax, except we havent... easy to draw wrong conclusions from a coincidence!
- Location
- South Wales UK
On tv other night about sensors on sheep to send signal when sheep walk pattern or head dropping motion detected ?
To aid foot problems.
Think £10 each but getting smaller to fit on tag or something around £5 eventually ?
Boffin explained .
Good Farmers can spot it anyhow ???
To aid foot problems.
Think £10 each but getting smaller to fit on tag or something around £5 eventually ?
Boffin explained .
Good Farmers can spot it anyhow ???