Scald

[liammogs]

Anyone else experiancing a lot of scald this year? As i think im getting on top of it it kicks off again!!! Long grass and dry ground not helping?

 

[bruce9001]

We have been total opposite this year - No Scale at all so far (Touch wood) where as normally got quite a few cases around now

 

[liammogs]

Been good up untill last week and like a time bomb, its going through them!!! Getting on top if it slowly its just seems never ending! Especially after moving sheep to feilds away from the yards

 

[neilo]

Yes, plenty here too, especially in the last week or so. Grabbed a lame single lamb tonight to give him a spray, and found weeny maggots in 2 feet as well. That group are in tomorrow for footbathing, worming, Clik, Ovivac & a TE bolus.

 

[beardface]

Got it in a a couple fields away from farm that I haven't had to do for 3 or 4 years now. Had ewes over it at tupping and they had a scald explosion so wonder if it's lingering since then. Started in lambs at 3 - 4 weeks. Going to footbath again when I jab and bolus on Thursday. Bloody annoying though hate formalin.

 

[DrDunc]

It was very bad here at lambing time.

I think it was the wet weather at end of February through March when they're eating haylage at muddy points that spread it?

Injected all the lame with Draxxin when marking at end of May and cleared it and footrot up.

Grass unseasonably long but dry now, and so far no reoccurrence.

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

I'm having a lot of trouble with scald in the lambs this year. Oddly enough it isn't just in the fields I'd expect it. Going to have to dust the footbath off I think

 

[liammogs]

Got it in a a couple fields away from farm that I haven't had to do for 3 or 4 years now. Had ewes over it at tupping and they had a scald explosion so wonder if it's lingering since then. Started in lambs at 3 - 4 weeks. Going to footbath again when I jab and bolus on Thursday. Bloody annoying though hate formalin.

We use golden hoof, much better for your health than formalin! No fumes etc works really well!!! As it comes in powder form we keep a small pot on the mule if i catch anything in the feild sprinkle it on works wonders!!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

We have a bunch of TX x Mules that were plagued with it last autumn. We got them in every weekend for maybe 6-8 weeks to sort some out.

The last time we got them in, late November, we footbathed them with Lincospectin. Not had even a hint of scald in them until a couple of weeks ago. I thought that was good control.

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

Had scald really bad last year about 40% of some bunches were lame with it!!!

But this year problem solved ... not a single lamb has had it - down to the fact there isn't a balde of grass on the farm never been so short of grass but at the same time zero scald problems,

 

[DrDunc]

Had scald really bad last year about 40% of some bunches were lame with it!!!

But this year problem solved ... not a single lamb has had it - down to the fact there isn't a balde of grass on the farm never been so short of grass but at the same time zero scald problems,

Always look on the bright side of life

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

Always look on the bright side of life

yea good point - be positive and all that

 

[Maxxum-man]

Anybody use lincospectin/ tylan powder in footbaths for scald? Doing ours tomorrow and not using formalin

 

[Penmoel]

We have a bunch of TX x Mules that were plagued with it last autumn. We got them in every weekend for maybe 6-8 weeks to sort some out.

The last time we got them in, late November, we footbathed them with Lincospectin. Not had even a hint of scald in them until a couple of weeks ago. I thought that was good control.

Anybody use lincospectin/ tylan powder in footbaths for scald? Doing ours tomorrow and not using formalin

I think @Cab-over Pete answered your question above.

Here we have only used Linco for CoDD really for which it does work, its not cheap though

 

[Maxxum-man]

I think @Cab-over Pete answered your question above.

Here we have only used Linco for CoDD really for which it does work, its not cheap though

Thanks [emoji106] what rate do you use it at?

 

[Penmoel]

1% I think it was, ie 1gm per litre, 100gm /100 litres

@bovine would advise




is that 1%?

 

[MRT]

1% I think it was, ie 1gm per litre, 100gm /100 litres

@bovine would advise




is that 1%?

If only you knew a vet

 

[GrannyAching]

Thanks what rate do you use it at?

1% I think it was, ie 1gm per litre, 100gm /100 litres

@bovine would advise

You need a prescription so you need to talk to your own vet. As far as I can see it's "off label" for sheep, too.

is that 1%?

No. I know because suddenly faced with making an injectable glucose solution I realised my chemistry was shot! https://www.homesciencetools.com/a/making-chemical-solutions-science-teaching-tip

 

[Grassman]

I'm getting to the point of packing up with sheep. They take so much time up sorting problems. Seems to be always something.i wormed all the lambs yesterday and found a few with scald. Footbathed all sheep. Treated anything bad with antibiotic. Fly pour on everything. One ewe with mastitis. One with prolapse. And that's just this week.

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

I'm getting to the point of packing up with sheep. They take so much time up sorting problems. Seems to be always something.i wormed all the lambs yesterday and found a few with scald. Footbathed all sheep. Treated anything bad with antibiotic. Fly pour on everything. One ewe with mastitis. One with prolapse. And that's just this week.

I feel a little like that at the moment. Scald, flystrike, scald, flystrike more scald and yep you guessed more f**king flystrike