sheep with severe foot rot, generally clean, spray terramycin and inject with Pen & Strep. which injesction do others use?
which antibiotic for footrot- sheep
- Thread starter Neddy flanders
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Alamycin LA for footrot, get single figure cases and it’s usually an issue like stones or gravel in the hoof that turns to footrot. On Footvax system hence why such low cases
farmerm
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I do fear our children will look back at our generations use of anti-biotics and curse us for not being more ready to provide treatment in the form of high velocity lead. 
I have yet to find footrot that I can't cure with a a trim and a spray of terramycin, CODD is however more tricky and we don't have a large number of sheep. I am sure my liberal use of topical antibiotic is not really any better than liberal use of injectables though, I don't really have the answer.
I have yet to find footrot that I can't cure with a a trim and a spray of terramycin, CODD is however more tricky and we don't have a large number of sheep. I am sure my liberal use of topical antibiotic is not really any better than liberal use of injectables though, I don't really have the answer. 
betamox when needed, all sheep checked at lambing as they have been indoors for a few months, any done during the year will be sold, started that policy about 10 years ago, seems to work as i dont breed from ewes with foot trouble. we have ground from dry to bog to anything really so took the approach of get rid of the trouble.
similar policy with cattle we dont touch feet no matter how good the rest of it it is sold or else never bough or kept to breed.
similar policy with cattle we dont touch feet no matter how good the rest of it it is sold or else never bough or kept to breed.
Woolless
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- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Alamycin LA is cheap, cheerful and an old class of antibiotic. One jag should cure most. It should be your frontline choice.
R.Dutchman
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- Devon
Alamycin 300 normally, don't have to catch them again then.
serf
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- warwickshire
Alamycin LA if mild , zactran if severe or CODD
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- Montgomeryshire
I do fear our children will look back at our generations use of anti-biotics and curse us for not being more ready to provide treatment in the form of high velocity lead.
One might argue that use of Terramycin spray is more likely to provide sub-lethal doses of the antibiotic to the target bacteria, many of which will be within the infected hoof, which is how resistance develops. A jab with the same antibiotic will treat from within, ensuring a full dose where needed.
farmerm
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- Shropshire
One might also argue that whilst the topical application might risk giving a sub-lethal does to the target bacteria it gets zero dose and no selection pressure on other none target bacteria residing happily within the animal but of types than can be of concern to human health
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- Dumfries & Galloway
About 99% of the footrot I get is treated with a light trim to open up the infection and a libral spraying of Osmond's Bactakill.
Any severe/persistent cases then also get Alamycin/Engemycin LA
Any severe/persistent cases then also get Alamycin/Engemycin LA
Skintagain
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Kebabs
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Got to get them walking, first...
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- Montgomeryshire
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Vet told me alamycin for footrot and Betamox for CODD. Not sure about the CODD, we had to use zactran with a bad outbreak two years ago. Thankfully it seems to have disappeared for now.
Woolless
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- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
IIRC the withdrawal period is going up considerably?
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Pass? I've got 1 or 2 lambs needing a go of it. I'll check the bottle when I put it in the records anyway... it was a 7 or 8 day withdrawal IIRC? (Been 2-3 years since I last needed to use it!)