Identifying sheep lameness

[Spartacus]

Anyone got any good links to help diagnose the reason for lameness in sheep? Did 2 or 3 wile changing crayons today and I'm not sure if it is foot root or codd.

And a different sheep's foot. Whole hoof peeling off.

 

[blacksheepcontracting]

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

 

[yellowbelly]

May be a comparison on here...about 4:13

 

[Dyffryn]

Thats CODD

 

[Spartacus]

Thats CODD

Cheers. I thought it was the more likely of the two.

 

[GTB]

A few people I've spoken to locally swear by footvax for preventing and curing lameness including CODD

 

[bovine]

A few people I've spoken to locally swear by footvax for preventing and curing lameness including CODD

Mixed infections are common but Footvax won't cure CODD, but vaccine will improve the general lameness situation. I know a couple of farmers who tried that on its own......

Amoxycillin and painkillers. That must hurt like hell. Bad ones may need something 'stronger'

 

[GTB]

Mixed infections are common but Footvax won't cure CODD, but vaccine will improve the general lameness situation. I know a couple of farmers who tried that on its own......

Amoxycillin and painkillers. That must hurt like hell. Bad ones may need something 'stronger'

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.

 

[Al R]

Mixed infections are common but Footvax won't cure CODD, but vaccine will improve the general lameness situation. I know a couple of farmers who tried that on its own......

Amoxycillin and painkillers. That must hurt like hell. Bad ones may need something 'stronger'

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.

 

[Penmoel]

Formalin must be agony on sheep like the OP has, lincospectin foot wash or bath does it. Alamycin and purple spray a waste of time
Formalin to prevent maybe but not a cure

 

[harperfarmer]

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.

 

[GTB]

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.

Bimoxil twice works just as well and less than half the price.

 

[sticky]

Bimoxil twice works just as well and less than half the price.

what is the withdrawl on Bimoxil ? I use Zactran and its 60 days.

 

[GTB]

what is the withdrawl on Bimoxil ? I use Zactran and its 60 days.

I think it's 16 or 19 days

 

[GTB]

I think it's 16 or 19 days

It is 19 days

 

[sticky]

It is 19 days

That's better.

 

[Downton_shep]

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.

Betamox is Amoxycillin

 

[shearerlad]

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

 

[farmerm]

Mixed infections are common but Footvax won't cure CODD, but vaccine will improve the general lameness situation. I know a couple of farmers who tried that on its own......

Amoxycillin and painkillers. That must hurt like hell. Bad ones may need something 'stronger'

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!

 

[Still Farming]

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 ???