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Posted by Nat on October 27, 2001 at 14:05:52:
In Reply to: How frequently should treat foot rot? posted by Cibele on October 27, 2001 at 06:54:52:
One of the main ways of preventing foot rot is to get the goats out of any wet areas by either keeping their pens well bedded & dry, fencing off wet spots in pasture (which goats usually avoid) and keeping the feet trimmed every few weeks. You can try to disenfect the pens, ect to kill the foot rot virus that's lurking but if the goats have been out to pasture, its impossible to clean all that. I know that the sheep industry has messed with foot rot vaccines, but I'm not sure if I have seen is used in the goat industry.
When I had a doe that had foot rot bad, I pared away the dead/smelly tissue and soaked that foot in epson salts while she was on the milkstand. I then put kopertox on her foot, but a whole bunch of cotton gauze around it, followed by vet wrap and then duct-tape to make a boot to keep dirt and manure out. The dressing was changed every other day. In about a week new tissue should start to grow and you can disgard bandaging and just keep them in a pen with clean dry shavings. This got her from 3-legged lame to beautiful feet.
Hope I helped a bit!
-Nat