does holly work to get rid of ringworm

vanderbadger

alot of my calves seem to be getting friggan ringworm this year, suppose they will be going out soon so sunlight usually clears it up, have been spraying them with imavoral but kinda mixed results, was googling it and i see a few forum entries where lads swaear that hanging holly up in the calf pen works, worth a try anyway i guess but has anyone found this works?

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

alot of my calves seem to be getting friggan ringworm this year, suppose they will be going out soon so sunlight usually clears it up, have been spraying them with imavoral but kinda mixed results, was googling it and i see a few forum entries where lads swaear that hanging holly up in the calf pen works, worth a try anyway i guess but has anyone found this works?

LC is in the process of buying an emergency ticket in OZ to come back here to set us all straight. To quote the man himself "yesterday it was petrol for fertility, today it's piseogs about ring worm. Where's the scientific evidence???? "

On a serious note, I was on a farm in France last year and they had holly branches stuck everywhere over the animals in the sheds. I asked what was for and was told that it kept ringworm out. The farm owner saw me scrunch my face in confusion. He said "Does it work, I don't know, but we have never had ringworm on this farm since we first used holly over 10 years ago".

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

LC is in the process of buying an emergency ticket in OZ to come back here to set us all straight. To quote the man himself "yesterday it was petrol for fertility, today it's piseogs about ring worm. Where's the scientific evidence???? "

On a serious note, I was on a farm in France last year and they had holly branches stuck everywhere over the animals in the sheds. I asked what was for and was told that it kept ringworm out. The farm owner saw me scrunch my face in confusion. He said "Does it work, I don't know, but we have never had ringworm on this farm since we first used holly over 10 years ago".

leave him where he is for the love of god
ya i must try and get my hands on some , i dont have any of course on my place

Milton09

I've heard it before for keeping lice away bit think it has to be female holly.

bbam

Hard to beat imravol.
If its not working ensure you're scrubbing the affected area to break the crust and let it in.

There was a time I'd use burnt oil but our old friend LC put me straight on that;)

Wonder if you ground up the holly into a paste and painted it on?

Or if you soaked it water would the water do any good?

redzerologhlen

vanderbadger wrote: »

alot of my calves seem to be getting friggan ringworm this year, suppose they will be going out soon so sunlight usually clears it up, have been spraying them with imavoral but kinda mixed results, was googling it and i see a few forum entries where lads swaear that hanging holly up in the calf pen works, worth a try anyway i guess but has anyone found this works?

I was a bit sceptical about this but I seen the girlfriends father rub manucka honey on it last year and it was gone within a fortnight. Maybe it just stopped the air getting to it and killed it off

bbam

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I was a bit sceptical about this but I seen the girlfriends father rub manucka honey on it last year and it was gone within a fortnight. Maybe it just stopped the air getting to it and killed it off

Maybe the air is the trick.
Perhaps that's why the burnt oil seemed to work.

mf240

If you feed them bagged minerals adlib they will recover from ringworms completely in a matter of weeks.

bb12

i always use iodine for ringworm on my horses with excellent results each time...use the 10% strength stuff though

Muckit

I've used iodine too with good results. Ringworm is a fungus, as is athlete's foot. So any creams or treatments used for that will cure ringworm too;)

micky mouse

bb12 wrote: »

i always use iodine for ringworm on my horses with excellent results each time...use the 10% strength stuff though

Do you spray that on or what ,in its purity

towzer2010

vanderbadger wrote: »

alot of my calves seem to be getting friggan ringworm this year, suppose they will be going out soon so sunlight usually clears it up, have been spraying them with imavoral but kinda mixed results, was googling it and i see a few forum entries where lads swaear that hanging holly up in the calf pen works, worth a try anyway i guess but has anyone found this works?

I had some weanlings with it a couple of weeks ago as well. According to Dad holly works but male holly only. Being a sceptic I sprayed imravol using a windolene spray bottle and then scrubbed the scab with a scrubbing brush and sprayed again. I repeated for three days and it started to die off after that. All gone now thankfully.

Didnt know how to find male holly though...

bb12

micky mouse wrote: »

Do you spray that on or what ,in its purity

yeah spray it on straight from the bottle

Qualitymark

Milton says it has to be female holly, Towzer that it has to be male holly. But how do you sex holly? Where are the little mickeys?

vanderbadger

Qualitymark wrote: »

Milton says it has to be female holly, Towzer that it has to be male holly. But how do you sex holly? Where are the little mickeys?

i reckon just get enough branches you are bound to have some male and female, cover all the bases
http://landscaping.about.com/od/helpforbeginners/f/holly_flowers.htm

vanderbadger

towzer2010 wrote: »

I had some weanlings with it a couple of weeks ago as well. According to Dad holly works but male holly only. Being a sceptic I sprayed imravol using a windolene spray bottle and then scrubbed the scab with a scrubbing brush and sprayed again. I repeated for three days and it started to die off after that. All gone now thankfully.

Didnt know how to find male holly though...

ya i didnt scrub it in so that probably the trick, some of these calves are strong though so restraining them is the trickiest part

redzerologhlen

Qualitymark wrote: »

Milton says it has to be female holly, Towzer that it has to be male holly. But how do you sex holly? Where are the little mickeys?

Male holly has dangley red balls...female holly does not to the best of my knowledge

gk5000

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Male holly has dangley red balls...female holly does not to the best of my knowledge

Its the other way round. Female holly bears fruit...... berries.

greysides

Best explanation I heard is that is chemical warfare.

A fungus grows on the dying, desiccating holly. It releases chemicals, anti-fungal agents, to inhibit other fungi. These also 'inhibit' the Ringworm on the cattle.

So goes the theory.....

vanderbadger

greysides wrote: »

Best explanation I heard is that isn't chemical warfare.

A fungus grows on the dying, desiccating holly. It releases chemicals, anti-fungal agents, to inhibit other fungi. These also 'inhibit' the Ringworm on the cattle.

So goes the theory.....

in your face lostcovey

redzerologhlen

gk5000 wrote: »

Its the other way round. Female holly bears fruit...... berries.

I stand corrected!

Qualitymark

When does holly flower? Mine has lots of little green flowers in season... whenever that season is... but I've never looked to see if they have stamens or pistils. I didn't like to stare, like.