This can help to minimize the number of individuals that need to be culled. Sheep and goats can be treated every 5 to 7 days by standing them in a 10 percent zinc sulfate solution for up to 15 minutes to reduce the risk of infection.
Another option for whole-herd treatment is the use of absorptive pads saturated with the zinc or copper sulfate solution. The pad should be placed in a high traffic area that goats and sheep must pass through. Treated animals should be house in a clean dry environment for 24 hours after treatment.
Hooves heal rapidly after 1 or 2 days of twice a day treatment, but can recur easily if wet conditions persist. Maintaining clean, well bedded pens will reduce the risk of foot scald and foot rot. This article was published by Michigan State University Extension.
Foot rot and foot scald in goats and sheep. Did you find this article useful? Please tell us why Submit. Working women, the backbone of family farms. Managing small ruminants to reduce complications at parturition. Related Content. You can use concrete mixing pans, plastic dishpans, or any large, shallow container.
Farm supply retailers sell boots for goats that hold the solution against hooves. Foot rot treatments include copper sulfate solutions in easy-to-use spray bottles, such as Hoof and Heel, which squirt directly onto affected areas between toes. Katherine Drovdahl, in her book The Accessible Pet, Equine and Livestock Herbal , recommends lavender essential oil and oil of garlic in a blend used to treat foot rot in hoofed animals. Other blends can be made from tea tree oil, cinnamon oil, clove oil, peppermint oil or sage oil.
Note that not all these essential oils are safe for use in pregnant livestock. If any animal on the farm property has foot rot, the bacterium will now live in the soil. Not all limping is a foot rot symptom. Examine the hoof completely before treating. Stone bruising can cause pain and the goat will react by limiting weight on that foot. Arthritis in older goats can lead to lameness and sore joints, and cold weather plays a part in arthritic pain. A goat may hold up a stiff leg after lying down for a long period.
It could be that your goat could use a joint lubricating supplement to combat the effects of aging. Unfortunately, once the causes of hoof rot in goats and other ruminants enter your property, it is almost impossible to eradicate it. With good prevention tactics, hopefully, you will avoid dealing with it. Our family has raised Pygora goats for many years. The farm is home to sheep, pigs and many species of poultry, too.
In the past, we have been home to beef cattle. Creating beautiful yarn from our well-loved wool and fiber animals is a passion and dream of mine. You can find our yarns for sale on Etsy under Timber Creek Farm. Your email address will not be published. Foot rot can occur in one or more feet, causing severe lameness. Typically animals are seen grazing on their knees. It occurs when both bacteria cause a dual infection of the tissues of the foot.
The foot will become very pink to red; the skin between the toes will be slimy and foul smelling. If not treated early, the bacterial toxins break down the hoof wall and sole of the foot, resulting in the hoof wall loosening and detaching from the foot. Precursors to the disease include overgrown, cracked or damaged hooves; diets deficient in certain minerals also predispose animals to poor hoof health and secondary infections.
Treatment : Current research suggests that systemic treatment with antibiotics with or without trimming of the hoof is most effective.
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