Treating ringworm in cattle

2nd Girl

Hi,

I have an outbreak of ringworm in my spring herd, they seemed to have caught it from heifers that had it during the winter. The heifers have now cleared up. I need a treatment to prevent it spreading further, i've read about bovilis ringvac as a treatment. has anyone used it? or is it even available in ireland? if not is there any other treatment, i have 4 - 5 cows infected and 3-4 calves with small lesions.

any help much appreciated.

brownswiss

2nd Girl wrote: »

Hi,

I have an outbreak of ringworm in my spring herd, they seemed to have caught it from heifers that had it during the winter. The heifers have now cleared up. I need a treatment to prevent it spreading further, i've read about bovilis ringvac as a treatment. has anyone used it? or is it even available in ireland? if not is there any other treatment, i have 4 - 5 cows infected and 3-4 calves with small lesions.

any help much appreciated.

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Not sure if you can still get it... PDM in Kill might give you a little...

Works well...

Does the 7th son kill it on animals ?... Might be harder to find him actually..

Damo8100

Anyone hear of using used engine oil?

TopTec

Supposedly painted on the inside walls of the sheds prevents infection..... as does hanging a wreath of female holly over the winter !

TT

bogman_bass

sunlight kills it. I uses ring vac and it worked well on a pedigree heifer over the winter. Washing soda will get it out of a shed

reilig

Imaverol is available from your animal medicine supplier or vet to treat ringworm at approx €20 per bottle. One bottle will treat a lot of animals.

Engine oil brushed onto cattle is carcenogenic and puts heavy metals in direct contact with the food chain. It is not only illegal, it also has direct links to causing cancer. We have been working for the last 30 years to develop a green image for our meat products and it only takes 1 slip up to tarnish that image forever.

Try putting engine oil onto your own head for a few weeks and see if it affects you or not.

reilig

brownswiss wrote: »

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Not sure if you can still get it... PDM in Kill might give you a little...

Works well...

Does the 7th son kill it on animals ?... Might be harder to find him actually..

Creosote has been withdrawn from the market for a number of years now because of its cancer causing agents. You can still buy synthetic creosote for the treatment of wood, but its not for use on flesh!!

20silkcut

What are the consequences of doing nothing?

I treated two of mine with ring vac on Saturday.
Injected 8 ml per head. Quite expensive.
I have five more showing early-ish signs of it .
Am spraying orficide on them as well.

brownswiss

maybe try washing with vinegar mixed with water... if we got a summer that would help

lab man

the blue antiseptic spray will stop it

Robzills

Hi, new to this forum, so if Im asking a silly question .............:p Have one cow with ringworm ( only 7 altogether, all milkers) does ringworm affect the milk, drinking etc....i wouldnt think it would, but just want to make sure. Have never had this on my animals before, but was also told to use natural yoghurt or iodine . Thanks.

Bizzum

Robzills wrote: »

Hi, new to this forum, so if Im asking a silly question .............:p Have one cow with ringworm ( only 7 altogether, all milkers) does ringworm affect the milk, drinking etc....i wouldnt think it would, but just want to make sure. Have never had this on my animals before, but was also told to use natural yoghurt or iodine . Thanks.

I have drank milk unpasteurised from a cow with ringworm and it didn't do me any har.
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Robzills

Thanks for that, didnt think it would harm the milk. We use our milk unpasturised as well, tastes better than bought milk !

ootbitb

Robzills wrote: »

Thanks for that, didnt think it would harm the milk. We use our milk unpasturised as well, tastes better than bought milk !

We did this for years but are there more nasties these days than in the past?

You should have built an immunity but visitors may not have.

Cheaper than water in the shop anyway. Great value.

bbam

Imravol is a good job, if it gets established then the imravol is the man.
It's be said that natural youghert works well but I've not tried it.

There really seems to be allot of it about in the last two years and as a previous poster said, if we got some decent sunshine it would help.

hunter15

Robzills wrote: »

Hi, new to this forum, so if Im asking a silly question .............:p Have one cow with ringworm ( only 7 altogether, all milkers) does ringworm affect the milk, drinking etc....i wouldnt think it would, but just want to make sure. Have never had this on my animals before, but was also told to use natural yoghurt or iodine . Thanks.

I believe it dies out by five year old

Min

Sunlight will also kill ringworm as already mentioned.

bbam

Min wrote: »

Sunlight will also kill ringworm as already mentioned.

I'd say treat it rather than waiting for the sun to cure it this year.