lambs ears

donegal farmer

I have a ewe lamb here with orf on his mouth and it's like scabs on his ears have been giving alamacin and spraying him with iodine however no sign of improvements anyone any suggestions of what I can do thanks

ganmo

Is it off on its ears?
If its not try a cobalt dose. Flaky ears is a sign of cobalt deficiency.

donegal farmer

It's like hard scabs on her ears it's covered her ears gave her thriver I'll give her a shot of cobalt tomorrow thanks

Siamsa Sessions

Throw her a fist of meal too if possible for a few days. Nothing like a nutrition boost to help a lamb improve.

maconof

donegal farmer wrote: »

I have a ewe lamb here with orf on his mouth and it's like scabs on his ears have been giving alamacin and spraying him with iodine however no sign of improvements anyone any suggestions of what I can do thanks

Found it hard to get rid of orf from the flock. Found that using scabivax eradicated it after 1-2 seasons. http://www.msd-animal-health.co.uk/binaries/Scabivax_ORF_A5_farmer_guide_tcm80-70148.pdf.

With bad cases found the alamycin spray helped heal it, iodine spray same as yourself didn't work for us at all.

kk.man

Found deimcital spray works good too. It's about 20e. Mosts vets etc stock because it's used for dairy cows feet.