Best treatment for Orf?

[The sheep dipper man]

Got a mid if Feb/Mar born lambs that some gave fairly nasty Orf.

I went though them last week with Terramycin spray and that’s dried a lot up but some are worse. Just gone through th again.

They have Orf buckets and rock salt kicking around but some of the scabs have spread up over the bridge of the nose.

Is Terramycin the best option still?

Might sound silly but I have heard wd40 works great however I have never tried it myself

 

[primmiemoo]

Might sound silly but I have heard wd40 works great however I have never tried it myself

It's not on any medicines list and is an irritant, so I wouldn't advise experimenting.

Got my salty water spray ready, and will give it a go with any new cases ~ there will be new cases! ~ and maybe give a smear of petroleum jelly over the sores.

The Pharmacist advised salty water plus petroleum jelly for me with a cold sore beside my eye last week and pleased to report it's working.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Orfods pills, dad always said they were the best cure.

 

[matty]

Always put sudocream on

 

[GrannyAching]

Always put sudocream on

+1 for sudocream to lift any stubborn scabs once healed. It's brilliant for the crust and lib mollies get round their mouthes.

 

[bosses son]

Tubs are good for prevention, but if you already have it they just spread it from lamb to lamb even more.

 

[GrannyAching]

Tubs are good for prevention, but if you already have it they just spread it from lamb to lamb even more.

Not in my experience with DB buckets. I don't put them out til I see it. @neilo?

 

[Dkb]

Do the ewes not eat the buckets?

 

[Jerry]

Do the ewes not eat the buckets?

No. They seem to ignore them.

 

[Northumberland]

No. They seem to ignore them.

Have they not changed the ingredients like the cocci buckets?

 

[Ysgythan]

Germolene. Kills the bug and feeds to skin to help recovery.

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

Have they not changed the ingredients like the cocci buckets?

Yes and they definitely don't last very long $$$$$$££££££
Sorry was referring to coccidiosis buckets

 

[Jerry]

Have they not changed the ingredients like the cocci buckets?

My comment refers to the Orf buckets. Ewes are ignoring them pretty much.

I’m still using last years Cocci buckets up.