foot problem

[someone]

I have a doe who seemed to have a touch of foot rot a month ago. I cleaned out the area and applied an Absorbine product which I use on my horses. I also gave her 5cc Procane G for five consecutive days. I changed her dressing every other day. I thought she was better so when she lost her dressing I didn't reaply another. It all came back and she became very lame within a few days. I bought another product from the local animal health store and it made the proud flesh go away after about four days. I do not see anything wrong with her foot, but she is still limping. Does anyone have any idea what I can do for her? Thanks.

Someone

 

[SheepGirl]

I have a quart of Premier FootCare and on the bottle it says it treats foot rot (I use it in foot baths for prevention...we've never had a case of foot rot). I would try that for your goat.

 

[20kidsonhill]

It can take quite a while to heal foot rot or hoof scald. Regular trimming every couple of weeks, and hoof treatments applied is really what helps. Also making sure she stays out of wet areas. I like Koppertox.

I have heard some people have good luck applying LA 200 or any injectable oxy-tetracycle on the hoof and between the toes on a regular basis. We don't ever wrap the hoof. We just trim, and apply hoof care product. I did have a couple really bad onse that I gave Penn G shots to. It can take 2 or 3 months for them to recover.


Also adding copper to the goats diet can help with hoof health. So making sure your goat is getting a loose goat mineral is benificial. Copper is very important to a goats health, they have a fairly high demand and it can affect many things such as hoof strength, mites, hair coat, ect.....

 

[SkyWarrior]

Everyone here has good suggestions. I would add to make sure your goat has enough selenium in her diet. Keep her feet dry and her hooves trimmed well. Absorbine is a lot like coppertox. I'd ask a vet to see if you need to use a closer turpentine-based hoof conditioner.

Good luck!

 

[CTChick]

I am contending with a very rainy autumn and my goat pens are a mess. I am in the process of building wooden platforms that will keep them above it - there are some dry (high) areas but lots of mud too. Do I have to worry about foot rot? What causes it?

 

[20kidsonhill]

I am contending with a very rainy autumn and my goat pens are a mess. I am in the process of building wooden platforms that will keep them above it - there are some dry (high) areas but lots of mud too. Do I have to worry about foot rot? What causes it?

foot rot is caused by a certain bacteria, but with your wet conditions you are at risk for it.

Making sure your goats have enough copper in their diets will help. Biotin in the feed also helps harden hooves.
There is a vaccine for hoof Rot, that you might want to consider.
It is technically contagious, so it can spread once one animal gets it. However I am sure I have had a couple goats with it over the ears, and all though it took 3 or 4 months for them to recover, I never felt that it spread to the other goats. We can have some very wet winters were our ground never really freezes, but just stays wet all the time.

Lock your goats up at night so they are standing in a dry area all night, if you aren't already doing this.

Us a hoof treatment on their feet on a regular bases. Especially, between the two halves of their hoof.

 

[CTChick]

Thank you for your thorough response. Yes, I keep them up and dry at night - in fact, half their pen is raised (buck pen too) and I have big stumps for them to jump across in the really muddy places. And as I said, I am planning to built wood raised platforms as well. What medication would you recommend I put on their feet as a preventative?