Footrot and CODD
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Lift feet and inspect sheep for any lameness. Look for acute and chronic lesions.
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Isolate and immediately treat stock with lesions with a suitable antibiotic recommended by your vet.
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Appropriate products and timings of a quarantine foot treatment are always best discussed
with your vet.
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Typically stock are run through a footbath (3% formalin or 10% zinc sulphate; zinc requires a
prolonged standing time to be effective) weekly at least three times during the quarantine period.
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Individuals can alternatively be sprayed with an antibiotic spray.
Effective treatments
Please tick current farm practices. Are there any best practices you could adopt?
Always check the product label for route, dose and timing
Check the expiry dates
Use weighing scales to establish accurate weights
Dose for the heaviest in the group
Calibrate dosing equipment
Make sure drenches are delivered over the tongue not into the mouth
Store products where they are not exposed to extreme temperatures
Quarantine treatments
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Early footrot
CODD
