This is Foot Rot (goat), right?

[bheila]

I cut back as much of the hoof as I could so debris couldn't get trapped anymore. So now I'm wondering what I can use to treat it with. I'd rather use something topical because she's pregnant. When I cleaned the hoof out it had a bad smell like an abcess but it wasn't wet inside. The inside had white powdery stuff in it, like dry hoof. It doesn't seem to bother her at all. She doesn't limp and runs around just like the other goats. The one thing I did notice was that her hooves are really hard compared to my other goats. I also read that Foot Rot is linked to Copper deficiency which she is lacking. So any thoughts on that would be appreciated.

I'd like to say that we got Pepper from someone who owned her for only 2 months and they got her from someone who had owned her for 4 years. In the 4 years that the previous owners owned her they never trimmed her hooves, NOT ONCE! I saw pictures of her hooves before they were trimmed they were horrendous.

This is the best picture I could get with my phone.

 

[cassie]

We used to use Coppertox. I'm not sure of the spelling, but it comes in a metal container and you just squirt some on the affected area. Most feed stores and livestock supplies carry it.

 

[Goattalker]

Good for you Jolly Rancher, you need those girls on strong feet if they are going to carry babies.

 

[Goattalker]

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I have used BioMycin for years as needed and have NEVER had a problem with bones or teeth. Granted, I only run around 200 goats on my farm, but I figure 200 and my vets recommendations are a pretty good sampling of BioMycin/LA200's benefits. Years ago I asked my vet about all the scare mongering that goes on surrounding this drug, and she said, "Anything is possible, but what do you want an alive goat, or one that dies because you are afraid to use the right drug?" Since she is a goat specialists and other vets call her for consultations from across the US and Canada, I'm going to trust her judgment.

 

[Jolly_Rancher]

This is going to be an ongoing debate, probably forever.

Every now and then, we just have to stop reading, put it all down, digest what we have read, and come to our own heart and head conclusions.

There is another interesting thread I read over at Goatworld:
http://thegoatspot.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=674

pretty much same argument, different forum.

 

[Jolly_Rancher]

I ave not done my homework here.. so go ahead and kick me before I even speak.. but..

I thought kids were not born with CAE, I thought it was transferred via mothers nursing-milk.. which is why you remove the kid immediatly and feed from a clean mother.

no????

(girls (6) received their shots this am... so far.. all are fine)

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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[ValerieS]

Thank you. I am using a coppertox on the hooves but I was wondering if I should also be detoxing the floor? The barn is always pretty clean, it's the buck corral that is at the bottom of a hill and can hold the water muck for a while. I've put in 3 cement brick pads for standing and lying and he loves them as do the does who join him for a while to keep the hooves out of the mud. A couple of does brought the foot rot down to the barn.

Valerie

 

[cassie]

Thank you. I am using a coppertox on the hooves but I was wondering if I should also be detoxing the floor? The barn is always pretty clean, it's the buck corral that is at the bottom of a hill and can hold the water muck for a while. I've put in 3 cement brick pads for standing and lying and he loves them as do the does who join him for a while to keep the hooves out of the mud. A couple of does brought the foot rot down to the barn.

Valerie

I suppose you could but we never did. We simply did what we could to keep the animals out of the mud and the loafing areas clean and dry. It probably wouldn't hurt to wash floors down with a clorox solution, but as I said, we never did and we managed to keep foot fungus under control. However, I lived in a fairly dry area of California, and that may have made a difference.

 

[Chatychick]

that is the starting of hoof rot and also copper def. You want to cut away anything where germs can hide and I use Doctor Naylors hoff & heel to dip my girls feet in. Also sometimes if the weather has been really wet for a long time this happens too. The walls pull away and it takes time for them to grow out. Trim her and dip feet as it will help and a copper bolus wont hurt.