Can this be anything but Orf?

[clover]

As title, what is this? Dosing with Tribex yesterday and quite a few ewes showing, probably over 10%. These were all mature ewes. Had dosed a batch of ewe lambs earlier and no sign of any lessions on them.
If It is orf, does it seems strange that its on the ewes and not lambs? Its not something that i see often. I dont scabivax and hope it doesnt appear in lambs next year. How best to treat it?
Diolch

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Are they in a thistley field?

 

[clover]

There's the odd creeping thistle here and there. Not many

 

[wr.]

Looks like orf to me. I know someone will shoot me down for this but a drop of petrol painted on the sores will dry it up in a few days.

 

[cowboysupper]

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As title, what is this? Dosing with Tribex yesterday and quite a few ewes showing, probably over 10%. These were all mature ewes. Had dosed a batch of ewe lambs earlier and no sign of any lessions on them.
If It is orf, does it seems strange that its on the ewes and not lambs? Its not something that i see often. I dont scabivax and hope it doesnt appear in lambs next year. How best to treat it?
Diolch

We have exactly the same thing in a few of our ewes at the minute. I reckon it is orf alright. Ewes are in a thistlely field and likely where it's come from. Doesn't seem to bother them. I used caster oil to clear it up on a few rams we were selling recently but I think I'll just stick a salt block in with the ewes to keep it from getting too nasty.

 

[milkloss]

its orf. Salt licks will sort it, get the little expensive ones for stables so you can litter them about.

 

[GTB]

Yes it's orf imo just as others have said. I've seen much worse and I wouldn't be too concerned at this stage. Might be worth putting some salt licks out though.

 

[Al R]

If it's just the odd one put some antiseptic spray on it, it'll recover well, if it's bad do it again when their next in too and it'll clear it up.

 

[neilo]

Looks like orf to me too. Personally, I’d just let it run it’s course if it doesn’t get any worse than that. It won’t be more than a mild irritation to them and at least they’ll develop some natural immunity to it now, so it shouldn’t give any bother after lambing.

 

[Ysgythan]

It’s orf.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Be careful when handling, don't forget it's zoonotic.

Fortunately I was able to convince the wife there is no risk of human - human contagion, or I'd be sleeping in the kennels for the next month!

 

[Badshot]

Be careful when handling, don't forget it's zoonotic.

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Fortunately I was able to convince the wife there is no risk of human - human contagion, or I'd be sleeping in the kennels for the next month!

Be careful where you touch that.
There's places neither of you want orf.
Why do you think it won't pass person to person?

 

[unlacedgecko]

There's places neither of you want orf.
Why do you think it won't pass person to person?

It's what the NHS website said.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/orf/Pages/Introduction.aspx

As long as there is no ovine fellatio I should be ok.

 

[GrannyAching]

Be careful when handling, don't forget it's zoonotic.

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Fortunately I was able to convince the wife there is no risk of human - human contagion, or I'd be sleeping in the kennels for the next month!

I've got one of those and no orf anywhere obvious in the flock.

In the picture, I've also got blood poisoning which was working its way up my arm pretty jolly fast resulting in an emergency (hour and a half round trip) to the out of hours doctor and quadruple doses of one of the few abs I can take with the threat of iv if it didn't stop it's gallop b the morning!!! I convinced myself it had. I really thought it was spreadable from human to human although mine has barely wept at all.

 

[GrannyAching]

Re op I would definitely put Himalayan rock salt out I get a 7 or 8kg bag from the local co-op - very cheap, nice big blocks.

 

[TripleSix]

It's what the NHS website said.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/orf/Pages/Introduction.aspx

As long as there is no ovine fellatio I should be ok.

A friend got orf.

He managed to give it to his wife.

She doesn't go near the sheep so there isn't much other explanation?


My Mrs managed to get it on her belly, I took great delight in spraying her with blue spray...