ringworm

Driver2016

ive cattle in the shed starting ringworm what could i use on them to cure it thanks for replys

RD10

in my experience nothing really cures it but by sticking up some holly in the shed it seems to put a halt to it and prevent it from getting worse.
and i would say i have pretty much tried everything over the years.
thats just my experience, someone else might be able to give you some better advice.

Driver2016

thanks i will try it i use to have an injection for it but it was discontuined like all good stuff how much holly would you need to put up and where

whelan2

Sudocreme on the affected areas using gloves

Driver2016

how many times would you have to apply that take abit time id say

whelan2

Driver2016 wrote: »

how many times would you have to apply that take abit time id say

Normally apply twice. Doesn't take long to put it on. About a werk apart

teddy 1223

I used a spray called backtokill and it seemed to do the job

dodo mommy

I had a terrible out break of it in one shed last year spoke to vet about it, he said that their was a vaccine for it but it costs around €22 per head so I avoided that option as it would have cost me around €600. In the end I sprayed the affected areas with idione spray a couple of times and cleared the lot for around €45. Happy days.

pedigree 6

I was looking into the theory of the cut holly bush hanging in the shed to stop ringworm.
Now another run on from this is my neighbour says to use only branches from the male holly tree. (Holly that bears no berries).
Holly contains saponins and methylxanthines.
Ye can look up the benefits of saponins yourselves and there are benefits that include asthma.
But it's the Methylxanthine that caught my eye. Partly from the methyl part as that is a gas and if there was any benefit that is how it would be transferred from the drying branch and the cattle. Actually methylxanthine is in coffee as well. Smell a drying holly branch and then smell coffee??

Anyway that's all.:P

High bike

I find it clears itself once they get out and get the sun on their backs,if you don't mind looking at it for a few months

pedigree 6

High bike wrote: »

I find it clears itself once they get out and get the sun on their backs,if you don't mind looking at it for a few months

What I was also reading was that after a while their own immune system will start to work against it.
But the flip side of that means that if their immune system is low it can spread like wildfire. But then I suppose their own immune system would never have encountered it before so wouldn't be prepared for it.
I think it actually started off in the soil and it has now branched off into so many different types with their own host species, but can still occasionally spread between animal species e.g cattle ringworm to humans. Then humans have their own types of ringworm such as Athlete's foot.
But yes UV light does kill ringworm and then with the cattle being out and not in close vicinity to one another and in a damp environment and then getting immune to it, it does help.

There are some liquids that will kill it. But I might get in trouble for saying it here. Just look up on the net what people use to kill it on themselves.

Belongamick

I had an outbreak of it among bought in cattle during the year.
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Interestingly, ringworm can survive in fence posts, tree stumps for a long time after initial exposure so probably better to clear it up during the summer before sheds become havens for it. Immunity does kick in and it eventually clears itself but it may be better to get it cleared in case the livestock owner contracts it.

SKIPPY150

have a batch of weanling heiffers who were out all year, at least half of them are covered with ringworm on the head . Does sudacreme actually work or is there anything else that works. they will be outside all winter

whelan2

SKIPPY150 wrote: »

have a batch of weanling heiffers who were out all year, at least half of them are covered with ringworm on the head . Does sudacreme actually work or is there anything else that works. they will be outside all winter

Worked here. There's also a mineral bucket frim mayo health care thats high in zinc can help too

greysides

SKIPPY150 wrote: »

have a batch of weanling heiffers who were out all year, at least half of them are covered with ringworm on the head . Does sudacreme actually work or is there anything else that works. they will be outside all winter

Ask your vet for Imaverol. It's a solution you spray on with a knapsack sprayer for a few times.

SKIPPY150

heard of that stuff, is it not for horses. how often would I need to spray it on cheers

greysides

https://www.hpra.ie/homepage/veterinary/veterinary-medicines-information/find-a-medicine/item?pano=10047/038/001&spcpara=6.5&t=IMAVEROL%20100%20MG/ML%20CONCENTRATE%20FOR%20CUTANEOUS%20EMULSION

That should give you the info you need.

_Brian

Have used Imravol a few times with great success, vet recommended it and to get gloves and stiff scrubbing brush and scrubb it into ringworm. It works quickly and if ringworm isn't heavy one treatment works.

Have also used iodine in spray bottle and it works, but it's slower than imravol.

Sudocreme would also be a handy product to use and with zinc I can see how it would be good to regenerate skin, like iodine it would be cheap.

SKIPPY150

will try the sudacreme first, hopefully it works if not Ill get the imravol.Cheers lads

tanko

SKIPPY150 wrote: »

will try the sudacreme first, hopefully it works if not Ill get the imravol.Cheers lads

Wear gloves and don't touch your face/head while working with cattle that have ringworm. It's easy to end up with it yourself.

None of those things actually work. Ringeorm is like warts, if the animal is in good condition, eventually its immune system will get the better of it. If you want to hang up holly or apply sudocreme while this is happening, feel free to.

Irish Beef

I've also used Imaverol on a number of occasions, it definitely works, I wouldn't ignore it as it could spread to all animals in contact with affected one, particularly with calves. I apply diluted it to affected area with a paint brush, it takes about 3 applications maybe every second day and it clears up in a week to ten days,