foot rot in cattle?

Bodacious

I never had this before but have another 2 animals at grass with it now.

bought in a cow (same one with that also got redwater) and after a month she seemed to cap off the back claw and it stank like hell but penicillin x 20ml x 3 days and plenty of blue alamycin spray seemed to clear it up... could this tramp that I bought in have spread it to the others

fine young cow all swelled up tonight between the claws of the rear foot, another 1.5yr old BB store seems to be swelling in front foot (they were together for the 3 days for the tb test/reading could she be passing on the fungus?

will I need copper sulphate footbaths now to run them all through

any info appreciated

milkprofit

possible Mortello

greysides

Could she have brought it in...? Yes, I'd say it's possible. It certainly would be in sheep. It is a soil-living organism but if it's your first experience....

Bathing is probably an over-reaction just at the moment. It's a bacteria rather than a fungus, BTW, that's why antibiotics are effective.

For now I'd look to your field surface and see if there's anything that could be scratching the soft tissue between the claws. The usual opinion is that the bug needs some damage to let it in through the skin. So lots of stalky grass, thistles, debris after a felled tree etc could be facilitating it. You may find nothing but it's worth considering.

slippy wicket

Agree, sounds like classic mortelarro to me.
Pain in the ass when it gets into a herd.
With us it came in with some dutch heifers in the 90s.

Lincospectin powder in the footbath would be your best bet as a cure and preventative.

Bodacious

greysides wrote: »

Could she have brought it in...? Yes, I'd say it's possible. It certainly would be in sheep. It is a soil-living organism but if it's your first experience....

Bathing is probably an over-reaction just at the moment. It's a bacteria rather than a fungus, BTW, that's why antibiotics are effective.

For now I'd look to your field surface and see if there's anything that could be scratching the soft tissue between the claws. The usual opinion is that the bug needs some damage to let it in through the skin. So lots of stalky grass, thistles, debris after a felled tree etc could be facilitating it. You may find nothing but it's worth considering.

ill separate these two in the morning and get working on them, they only gone back out to land with no crush on so pure hassle.. redwater, calving beds out, mastitis, foot rot, ringworm ,,... you name it and ive had a rattle of it this year:mad:

KatyMac

Bodacious, have you had ringworm this year? Used you have it in previous years? I'm asking because for the first time in over 20 years I have a calf with it and he passed it onto his mother. The two of them are awful scruffy looking in comparison to the rest! I put Ivomec pour on and hopefully it will clear up soon.

agriman27

I had a lot of trouble with a batch of yearling heifers the year before last on land across the river. First thing I noticed was one with a slightly sore foot one day I had them in yard dosing them so I just gave her a shot of alamycin LA . Foot was swelled a little above the hock. Next day she was better, but there were two more the same way. This carried on for a couple of weeks until I had about 7 or 8 out of 17. Vet said it was foot rot. The only thing I could blame was some shale rock gravel stuff I got and spread on a pass. The sharp shale must have grazed the soft tissue combined with soft ground conditions perfect for the bacteria to spread . Having to get them in so many times they started to get cute and was nearly impossible to get them in at all. Some of them nearly went wild couldn't even get them in to test. Worst experience with cattle I ever had dread seeing anything with a sore foot again:eek:

Bodacious

agriman27 wrote: »

I had a lot of trouble with a batch of yearling heifers the year before last on land across the river. First thing I noticed was one with a slightly sore foot one day I had them in yard dosing them so I just gave her a shot of alamycin LA . Foot was swelled a little above the hock. Next day she was better, but there were two more the same way. This carried on for a couple of weeks until I had about 7 or 8 out of 17. Vet said it was foot rot. The only thing I could blame was some shale rock gravel stuff I got and spread on a pass. The sharp shale must have grazed the soft tissue combined with soft ground conditions perfect for the bacteria to spread . Having to get them in so many times they started to get cute and was nearly impossible to get them in at all. Some of them nearly went wild couldn't even get them in to test. Worst experience with cattle I ever had dread seeing anything with a sore foot again:eek:

Hi agriman,

I would sympathise with you alright with that many getting it on you, I'm working full time so even 2 was a pain in the B**ls, 3 days pencillin and they sound but pain

I said

Had a bullock limping last couple of weeks thought it was a problem with his hoof so I got the hoof parer in and as soon as he started he said its foot rot never had it here till now.Just back from vets with nuflor.Hopefully that ll clear it up .

Reggie.

greysides wrote: »

Could she have brought it in...? Yes, I'd say it's possible. It certainly would be in sheep. It is a soil-living organism but if it's your first experience....

Bathing is probably an over-reaction just at the moment. It's a bacteria rather than a fungus, BTW, that's why antibiotics are effective.

For now I'd look to your field surface and see if there's anything that could be scratching the soft tissue between the claws. The usual opinion is that the bug needs some damage to let it in through the skin. So lots of stalky grass, thistles, debris after a felled tree etc could be facilitating it. You may find nothing but it's worth considering.

I had the same bother this year and we narrowed it down to the stones in the stream that they are drinking out of

Cattlepen

Forget the bluestone. Zinc sulphate is yer only man along with antibiotics.