What might this lump be

RockOrBog

On a heifers neck, there are 2.. One the size of a 50c and one the size of a pea.

Lime Tree Farm

Looks like moles, as they could develop into something more sinister, I would have them removed.

As your photos can be zoomed in on, show them to your Vet.

Base price

They look like angleberries/warts to me. As Lime Tree Farm suggested send the pic's to you Vet. Remove that animal from the others to prevent it spreading.

funkey_monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120979204#Comment_120979204

Can angleberries hibernate on the farm when they arrive on the stock (a bit like ringworm)?

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120979298#Comment_120979298

AFAIK angleberries are a virus and spread by direct contact between animals. Ringworm is a fungus which is also spread by direct contact but IMO more difficult to eliminate as it can survive for years on surfaces like shed walls, feed troughs/barriers etc.

Anto_Meath

Brother had a lot of ringworm this last 2 years with bucket fed calves over at his place. He vaccinated against it this year & no sign of any yet, will be keeping an eye on it.

Base price

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Ringworm is a hoor of a dose. All mammals can contract it handling infected livestock, meal troughs/barriers, gates etc, basically anywhere that stock have scratched against. Always wear gloves spot treating calves with ringworm and burn the gloves afterwards. There used to be a brilliant product called Fulcin/Fulvin which was a powder that you added to meal over a few days. It was withdrawn sometime in late '80's / early 90's and after that we used a topical spray of tincture of Iodine to treat it.

I got two good doses of ringworm as a child and teenager. Got one dose from a pony and the other from a calf. If ye ever had it then you know that itchy, crawling hot and painful feeling on your skin. My GP prescribed Fulcidine tablets for a couple of weeks and it sorted it.

I got another dose of it 10 years ago. Unfortunately my previous GP who was originally from Tipperary and from a rural, farming background had passed (RIP) along with all his knowledge etc. Anyway, another GP prescribed a anti fungal topical cream which did nothing for either the itch or spread. So I went back to the basics and hit hard with tincture of Iodine.

50HX

Feed seaweed meal & it'll sort it

RockOrBog

At that time I sent a photo of it to the vet he didn't seem too worried. I didn't bother calling him out. They disappeared within a few weeks, totally gone now.

Anto_Meath

Just on the ringworm vacation, was over in the brothers the other day, he is very happy with how it has worked out, recons it was the best €10 a calf he ever spent. Didn't have any this year and all his calves a thriving well. Usually there would be a few with ringworm that would look poor and scrawny.

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121196669#Comment_121196669

Does one shot work. I thought I read somewhere that they needed two shots.

Anto_Meath

@Base price yes it's 2 shots given about a month apart. But from the difference I seem in my brothers bucket fed calves this year over the past few years it's well worth doing. Other years nearly every calf would have a few spots with 1 or 2 in a bad way & him giving them all kinds of treatment.

MfMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120979489#Comment_120979489

Thought ringworm was like mumps, where you're immune after having had it once....?

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121200727#Comment_121200727

I don't think so. I've got ringworm four times from handling infected cattle/horses or handling and cleaning feeders/feed barriers/tack etc