Geoffreywrc
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Any ideas on how to treat cattle with ringworm or if it can be treated when housed at winter time.
Holly bush tied to a purlinAny ideas on how to treat cattle with ringworm or if it can be treated when housed at winter time.
We actually have some hanging up from about 15 years ago, funnily enough in the shed where we have a bit of ringworm.Holly bush tied to a purlin
Back in the day ,when the store bullocks had gone to burger land ,,we spent spare days creosoting everything that was wood ,the crew yard gates ,all the feed tumbles and hay racks ,,all the stantions got bitumen ,the brick work was washed and disinfected ,,if any did develop ringworm next time round ,,they got put through the crush and the infected bits got brushed with creosote ,,it soon cured it
Maybe you need to replace itWe actually have some hanging up from about 15 years ago, funnily enough in the shed where we have a bit of ringworm.
We have bulls in during the summer so it's never empty and it does seem to pass on to the next group so on the gates/feed barriers I reckon. Passed on to me a few weeks back as well!
At what cost!Canestan cream them all.
Nowt if your on tax credits and take your card to the chemists with you!At what cost!
The look on the pharmacist face when you say ,,Ive got ringworm on my bullocks ,,can I have some canestan cream please .Canestan cream them all.
Nowt if your on tax credits and take your card to the chemists with you!
For the first time in some years I had a batch of in-calf heifers get ringworm while out grazing last Summer. Now at the same farm a batch of young bulling heifers that were housed late November but did graze some of the fields the older cows did, late in the season, have varying degrees of ringworm.
The older batch were vaccinated in late July and have now all calved and show little sign of ever being infected. As far as I can tell they didn’t have ringworm while housed last Winter.
The bulling heifers had PRIDs today and we got ringworm vaccine for them today as well. They will be vaccinated after the New Year bank holiday and I expect them to be clear of infection within a month or so after the second dose. The hairless patches should be gone by March or so.
Its not good!The look on the pharmacist face when you say ,,Ive got ringworm on my bullocks ,,can I have some canestan cream please .
How many mls do you need and can it be mixed in with your cup of tea or best dosed separately?I should mention that ringworm infection in humans on farms can be treated by topical application of thiabendazole which some farms might have in stock as a worming drench. It would probably work on cattle as well but I have no idea of its economics.
It’s a topical application and probably needs repeating every couple of days for two weeks or more, just like the azole-based creams available at the chemist.How many mls do you need and can it be mixed in with your cup of tea or best dosed separately?