Lame Stock Bull

[Timbo]

Fighting an abscess infection in my Angus bull (deep in the clee) - he's had an extended 6 day treatment of Synulox and we thought we had him coming upright , but 2 weeks later its beginning to swell & heat again with him baring less and less weight on it despite a block on the good clee and opening up the abscess in the bad one.

Vet is now suggesting removing the clee and another extended a/b treatment.

Anyone had experience of doing this ? I am looking for the best treatment to get him infection free and able to travel.

 

[Ryan774-80]

Mycotil? Vet will have to inject it tho

 

[Timbo]

Mycotil? Vet will have to inject it tho

Not really a long enough persistence with one dose ( i was told )

 

[milkloss]

Depends how bad it is, have you wrapped it with some copper sulphate and lincospectin or something like that? Had an old cow here which was lame as hell, took a month to get her walking better.

 

[Gulli]

Have you got a good local foot trimmer?

Vets love cutting claws off in my experience, not a nice thing to do especially if he's a big heavy bull