ringworm

bouli73

have a bullock that has ringworm, noticed on Friday. Started treating him with imvarol yesterday. Notice one or two others which may have the start of it also.

Neighbour mentioned that used engine oil applied to ringworm is a good cure. Just womdering if anyone else had experience of this?
Alos does ringworm have much effect on cattle well bein, thrive etc/

Thanks

Bizzum

There was a thread not that long ago on this issue, you should be able to find it with a search!

moy83

bouli73 wrote: »

have a bullock that has ringworm, noticed on Friday. Started treating him with imvarol yesterday. Notice one or two others which may have the start of it also.

Neighbour mentioned that used engine oil applied to ringworm is a good cure. Just womdering if anyone else had experience of this?
Alos does ringworm have much effect on cattle well bein, thrive etc/

Thanks

I dont think it stops them thriving too much unless they were very bad with it . The father used to smather burned oil on our cattle one time but i dont think it helped that much . I wouldnt put it on them anyhow cos i wouldnt like it getting in to the food chain . The sunlight when they are out on grass usually clears it up if its not too bad on them

whelan1

yup think sunlight is the best cure , dont think it causes ill thrift , just looks crappy. also wear gloves if handling them , i got ringworm as a child and lost my hair:eek:

moy83

whelan1 wrote: »

yup think sunlight is the best cure , dont think it causes ill thrift , just looks crappy. also wear gloves if handling them , i got ringworm as a child and lost my hair:eek:

Did you get it back ? :P I got it as a young lad aswell felt like a right bet-down in school

redzerologhlen

Rub some manucka honey on it and it will be gone in a week

whelan1

moy83 wrote: »

Did you get it back ? :P I got it as a young lad aswell felt like a right bet-down in school

grew back but very light..... had it on my head , my arm and my leg:) was off school for ages and went to loads of specialists

reilig

I got ringworm on my arm a few months ago. Its only just gone recently. Had a course of tablets from the doctor which really didn't do much for me. In the end, its was my vets recommendation that got rid of it - Dab a bit of iodine solution onto it. It cleared it up in less than a week. He said that it will do the same thing for cattle or dogs.

bbam

We had ringworm last year for the first time in decades, similar story on many farms last year..

Burnt oil worked well on the stronger calves which were thriving, smaller calves particularly any with another ailment required imvarol wash three times... Scrub well in with a strong brush ensuring it gets well into the scale... Works a treat.

Last week I noticed three with small patches and we treated them with burnt oil, keeping an eye on them to see progress but it hasn't got worse anyway.

cowbox

You can get an injection called insol for ringworm really the thing that works. My vet had to order it in.. I think a company beginging with B do it. Its not a usual company that you would have stuff from. I think this is the company. Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Healt

Lizard_Moon

Insol Trychophyton gone off the market. Imaverol wash can be used either brushed on or with a knapsack sprayer.
A vaccine has been launched by Schering Plough Intervet that can be given to affected animals. Your vet can order it.

Horrible thing, wear gloves

Bodacious

i dont know what it is this year but i never saw as much ringworm in my life. every second farm i go out to at the momemt has it:mad: gloves on straight away:mad::mad: i got it as a kid also on side of nose (pet calf)

what happen

Bodacious wrote: »

i dont know what it is this year but i never saw as much ringworm in my life. every second farm i go out to at the momemt has it:mad: gloves on straight away:mad::mad: i got it as a kid also on side of nose (pet calf)

i had no ringworm this year but had 2 or 3 cases of it last year

blue5000

I have it this year too in a bunch of yearling heifers, haven't had it for years either. Think I'll set up a brush on a stake and soak the brush in iodine/copper sulphate to see will it work. They are half a mile away from a crush.

lanod2407

Bought six four-month old calves 4 weeks ago and they've started to come out in ringworm over the past 2 weeks. Sprayed them last weekend with Imaverol via a knapsack sprayer while they were eating nuts, but didn't think that it was really getting the stuff properly into them.
Put them in the crush last night but they're too small for it and could get out through the bars so ended up cornering them and spraying them much more effectively than last weekend.

Quite annoyed that they're coming out with it now - I've not had cattle on the land for 6 months so am guessing that they must have picked it up from the previous guy?

Anyone who's used Imaverol previously - at what stage does the stuff start to work? Is spraying effective or do I really need to get in there with a brush? How many applications are required? Leaflet says 3 .......

Re the other fixes that people have listed - burnt oil, manuka honey and iodine - how effective are these solutions? I'd say that the Imaverol is probably cheaper than Manuka???!!!

reilig

I wouldn't use burned oil on cattle because of the toxins. I have used iodine on ringworm in the past and you get noticable clearance of it within 10 days. However, iodine is messy enough - you have to put it on with a brush. Used the Imaverol this year and results took 3 to 4 weeks (kept spraying it on every week). Be careful when handling the cattle. I got ringworm on the back of my hand and on my arm last March. It took weeks for it to clear and I have a deep red scar in both places from it!!

F.D

lanod2407 wrote: »

Bought six four-month old calves 4 weeks ago and they've started to come out in ringworm over the past 2 weeks. Sprayed them last weekend with Imaverol via a knapsack sprayer while they were eating nuts, but didn't think that it was really getting the stuff properly into them.
Put them in the crush last night but they're too small for it and could get out through the bars so ended up cornering them and spraying them much more effectively than last weekend.

Quite annoyed that they're coming out with it now - I've not had cattle on the land for 6 months so am guessing that they must have picked it up from the previous guy?

Anyone who's used Imaverol previously - at what stage does the stuff start to work? Is spraying effective or do I really need to get in there with a brush? How many applications are required? Leaflet says 3 .......

Re the other fixes that people have listed - burnt oil, manuka honey and iodine - how effective are these solutions? I'd say that the Imaverol is probably cheaper than Manuka???!!!

Can Imavrol be harmfull to there eyes? heard someone said your not supposed to get it in there eyes, i'd imagine with a knapsack it would be impossible not to

lanod2407

The leaflet advises that spraying is an effective method of administration, and I'm sure I also read that it is not harmful to the eyes ........ must pull it out and read it again.

whelan1

lanod2407 wrote: »

Bought six four-month old calves 4 weeks ago and they've started to come out in ringworm over the past 2 weeks. Sprayed them last weekend with Imaverol via a knapsack sprayer while they were eating nuts, but didn't think that it was really getting the stuff properly into them.
Put them in the crush last night but they're too small for it and could get out through the bars so ended up cornering them and spraying them much more effectively than last weekend.

Quite annoyed that they're coming out with it now - I've not had cattle on the land for 6 months so am guessing that they must have picked it up from the previous guy?

Anyone who's used Imaverol previously - at what stage does the stuff start to work? Is spraying effective or do I really need to get in there with a brush? How many applications are required? Leaflet says 3 .......

Re the other fixes that people have listed - burnt oil, manuka honey and iodine - how effective are these solutions? I'd say that the Imaverol is probably cheaper than Manuka???!!!

ringworm can remain on gates , feeding troughs etc for along time so just because you didnt have cattle for 6 months doesnt mean they didnt get in your place, afaik animals dont die from ringworm so get over it!

Bogman Billy

Waste engine oil never fails, plaster them with it. We had calves destroyed with it couple of yrs ago, plastered them with it gone in a matter of weeks with them still inside. Washed out the shed when they left, calves in that shed since hadn't a hint of it. Kill all our own and never any trouble.

Some lads are too fond of running to the vets

bbam

F.D wrote: »

Can Imavrol be harmfull to there eyes? heard someone said your not supposed to get it in there eyes, i'd imagine with a knapsack it would be impossible not to

No bother... we used a knapsack sprayer a few times and no ill effects at all, soak them all over then scrub the affected area and then brush on waste engine oil as well..
We find that on older cattle (5 months on) the engine oil will work on its own... younger sucks in particular have less resistance and the Imravol is the job...
Like many farms we were ringworm free for about 15 years and then had it for the last two years out of nowhere..

k mac

Had a very bad dose of it this when the cattle were housed, nearly every animal got it. Cured them with burnt oil.However just wondered should i disinfect the slatted house and with what ?

LostCovey

Bogman Billy wrote: »

Waste engine oil never fails, plaster them with it. We had calves destroyed with it couple of yrs ago, plastered them with it gone in a matter of weeks with them still inside. Washed out the shed when they left, calves in that shed since hadn't a hint of it. Kill all our own and never any trouble. s

reilig wrote: »

I wouldn't use burned oil on cattle because of the toxins.

Totally agree 100% with Reilig here. What a crazy pollutant to put on a food animal. If you say you eat your own that's fine, just make sure nobody else gets any of it. Bit scary to think you might expect anyone else to eat your animals after they have had a nice top-up of heavy metals. Tends to slow down the ol' mental arithmetic you know....

LC

lanod2407

A few weeks later .............. didn't go with the burnt oil as a mate of mine said that most oil is now synthetic and might burn the faces of the animals.
Imaverol working well - 4 of the 6 are clear. The worst guy is now under control and marks receding, with the last guy still in a state, but getting a good shower of the stuff every week. Real crusty face.

One of the kids (the only one who petted them when they arrived :mad: ) came out with a lovely red circular ring on his chest 2 weeks ago. We were away and I immediately started with iodine, but our doc said that Daktarin is the way to go. The thing spread 2 days later into a series of nasty red spots around the initial 'circle'. 2 weeks later and its very much receded ............... thankfully it didn't come up anywhere visible as the poor guy would have been in a bit of a state ---- a teenage nightmare of epic proportions!!
Hadn't seen ringworm for around 20 years - and now its part of my daily and weekly ritual - what a crock!