Ewes losing some hair

Conmaicne Mara

Dosing today and I noticed some ewes had lost hair above the hooves, also and more familiarly some facial hair loss along the snout Sort of bald patches.

Cause and treatment? More importantly prevention?

They're being fed ration and hay for about 5 weeks now. Have got cobalt, iodine & selenium bolus, hep p+ vac, and a fluke dose today. Generally I would say they are in decent shape, were penned roadside today and complimented upon by a few farmers.

Annoying the you know what out of me

Green farmer

At a guess, would the ewes be rubbing off a hay ring feeder when feeding causing the loss of wool in a particular area as opposed to something nastier. I'm no expert in lice etc, maybe some off the other lads here might know better ??? Is your flock is closed, Con ?

eire23

http://www.nadis.org.uk/media/15771/053111_1221_LamenessCon10.png
Does the hair loss above the hooves look like that? Thats one off the signs of codd but id doubt its that as they would more than likely be lame as well.

Havent a clue about the nose, the sheep sound like they want for nothing so its hardly some sort of mineral deficiency?

AnFeirmeoir

Have the same here . Never saw it before . I put it down to too much time in mud around feeder over the wet couple of months

paddysdream

Seen ewes this time last year after coming off of rape with total loss of hair around the ankles.It was quiet wet and the sheep were bald for the first few inches over the hoof.Done them no harm whatsoever and it regrew over time.

Birdnuts

Outside possiblity is ring worm though it is much more common in lambs. Got a bad dose of it a few years back. Sucklers got hit too around the same time:(