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Scald
- Thread starter liammogs
- Start date
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
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
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
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.
- Location
- Anston Farm, Dunsyre
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.
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.
- Location
- Leicestershire
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 
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
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
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.
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.
- Location
- Gods country (England)
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,
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,
- Location
- Anston Farm, Dunsyre
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
Always look on the bright side of life
- Location
- Gods country (England)
Maxxum-man
Member
- Location
- North west
Anybody use lincospectin/ tylan powder in footbaths for scald? Doing ours tomorrow and not using formalin
Penmoel
Member
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
Member
- Location
- North west
Thanks [emoji106] what rate do you use it at?
If only you knew a vet
GrannyAching
Member
- Location
- Mynyddoedd Preseli
Thanks
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
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
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.
- Location
- Leicestershire
I feel a little like that at the moment. Scald, flystrike, scald, flystrike more scald and yep you guessed more f**king flystrike