cows with bad feet.

1chippy

Today we have 3 cows all gone sore on their feet. They are the older ones in the herd and the late calvers. They are not in the same pens either, but are adjoining each other.
All three seem to be hopping from one back foot to the other as if the ground was hot. I didnt get a good look at the hooves but from what i can see they dont look swollen or anything. Is there anything that it could be other than their age and being on slats too long.
I put the sorest one on a straw bedded pen and have left the other 2 on slats for now as i am short on straw bedded pens to keep them on.
Any suggestions?

freedominacup

1chippy wrote: »

Today we have 3 cows all gone sore on their feet. They are the older ones in the herd and the late calvers. They are not in the same pens either, but are adjoining each other.
All three seem to be hopping from one back foot to the other as if the ground was hot. I didnt get a good look at the hooves but from what i can see they dont look swollen or anything. Is there anything that it could be other than their age and being on slats too long.
I put the sorest one on a straw bedded pen and have left the other 2 on slats for now as i am short on straw bedded pens to keep them on.
Any suggestions?

Mortellaro. You need to get them all through a crush, wash feet and spray with a lincomycin solution. You could footbath them with the linco solution assuming you get a great result around 2 mins past 8 tonight.;) BTW you're stuck with it. There's no cure. it's like a cold sore you can treat the clinical signs and the cold sore goes but you'll still get another one next year. Also a copper sulphate footbath would help.

moy83

freedominacup wrote: »

Mortellaro. You need to get them all through a crush, wash feet and spray with a lincomycin solution. You could footbath them with the linco solution assuming you get a great result around 2 mins past 8 tonight.;) BTW you're stuck with it. There's no cure. it's like a cold sore you can treat the clinical signs and the cold sore goes but you'll still get another one next year. Also a copper sulphate footbath would help.

Does it come back on the same cow next year or do you mean it stays in the herd ?

freedominacup

moy83 wrote: »

Does it come back on the same cow next year or do you mean it stays in the herd ?

In the farm never mind the herd. I brought a pair of boots home from college in the U.K. twenty years ago and I'd have a good sized share in a f'n boot factory with what they've cost me since. It's not that hard to control but there's no shifting it.

moy83

freedominacup wrote: »

In the farm never mind the herd. I brought a pair of boots home from college in the U.K. twenty years ago and I'd have a good sized share in a f'n boot factory with what they've cost me since. It's not that hard to control but there's no shifting it.

Thats a b1tch , how have they not come up with a cure for that in twenty years , can you put them all through regular footbaths or do you just treat them individually as it crops up ?

delaval

Foot bathing will control spread, if it's mort you have it for life!!

mf240

was talking to a farmer who said he put the treatment through the teat spray system hes has in the palour and he uses it to spray it in exactly the right spot and its gets a few minutes to work. He cant teat spray then obviously but he has low scc.

freedominacup

delaval wrote: »

Foot bathing will control spread, if it's mort you have it for life!!

No pun intended?:D

freedominacup

mf240 wrote: »

was talking to a farmer who said he put the treatment through the teat spray system hes has in the palour and he uses it to spray it in exactly the right spot and its gets a few minutes to work. He cant teat spray then obviously but he has low scc.

You still have to footbath.

slippy wicket

Morto is a filthy dose.
My two cents is don't listen to any of the sales speil you get in any of the co-ops. The auld lad has come back with provita before and it's worse than useless.
The only thing we find any use is Linco-spectin powder in a tub. Normally get 2 years out of the tub but when we go to replace it it's normally at least 10€ more each time.

freedominacup

slippy wicket wrote: »

Morto is a filthy dose.
My two cents is don't listen to any of the sales speil you get in any of the co-ops. The auld lad has come back with provita before and it's worse than useless.
The only thing we find any use is Linco-spectin powder in a tub. Normally get 2 years out of the tub but when we go to replace it it's normally at least 10€ more each time.

How do ye apply it? I called it lincomycin but you probably have the name right. We don't have to buy it too often.

Figerty

Don't be jumping to conclusions. Older cow suffer on slats. I had the same problem over the long winter, there feet get tired of concrete. Id be worried about hip damage over tiem. When ever I went in to clean up the slats the cows would stand on the litter.

Solution was to put the rubber on the slats. Not problem since, and the cows are healthier. Only problem is the hooves dont wear and have to be trimmed.

So if you don't have rubber on the slats then it might be a good investment to do one pen and put the older cows in there.

slippy wicket

freedominacup wrote: »

How do ye apply it? I called it lincomycin but you probably have the name right. We don't have to buy it too often.

Footpath is best as soon as it shows itself.
We would get 4 mixes from the tub and would try and use the mix for two days.

If you have it, steri7 disenfectant is very good as a topical spray on the odd cow. I'd put two capfuls into a litre spray gun and use away on that first. Works well and quite fast.
Just depends on how severe the case is.
It's about 70 € for the drum so I wouldn't be buying it especially for one cow.

dar31

freedominacup wrote: »

How do ye apply it? I called it lincomycin but you probably have the name right. We don't have to buy it too often.

if you have individual cases that are getting worse, lift the foot and put a bandage on with the linco powder in direct contact with the infected area, works particularly well in cases that have got up into the foot or under the claws.

mikeoh

Any chance their feet are just "burned" from standing on concrete for so long.....let them out in a field for a week I bet they improve with a bit of exercise and the soft ground ,I had a bullock that couldn't even stand nd came right out on grass ....