It's one of the few zoonotic things you can catch from a sheep. It's also called 'soremouth.' It's a viral infection and usually lambs will catch it and you'll have a whole batch of lambs with it. It can spread from the lambs to the ewe's udders and just isn't generally fun to deal with, but goes away like chicken pox in a few to a half dozen weeks.
Actually the Princess ran into one on a slot machine while we were away.Morning Sour, seen any pots of gold yet?
Actually, I think that would be me.Maybe the Princess is a lucky leprechaun!
Yep, that would be me.
Hi Jen, that doesn’t sound fun.
I had to look orf up. I'd never heard of that. I hope your sis heals quickly.Thanks, Debby, you too! Yep, we'll be on the road again tomorrow. We're going back and catching the jobs we rescheduled due to pickup issues then back to Montana. It's pretty nice being a bit closer to home, even though the weather is still a bit cold (compared to TX and NM, anyways.)
My sister went to Quick Care yesterday because of a skin issue she had on her hand. I told her to go because you know, you don't mess with MRSA or VRSA or Staph or anything like that, in my opinion.
She was worried because we sutured up a sheep that we shore yesterday that got attacked by one of their dogs and that it would spread to the ewe, but I think the sheep will be okay if it can survive the attack.
Anyways, I told her earlier that even if it weren't bacterial, it was probably Orf. So I think I'm right, which is probably for the best case scenario anyways, because it's viral and will run its course. I didn't tell her, but I'm pretty sure it's orf because I got a spot that I think is orf now that I just noticed today and will just have to shear and work in a glove for awhile.
I did not go on a winery tour, but there is a place in the Capay Valley hills close to us that has an olive oil pressing station that also serves food.
