Flakey Skin

[Acifex]

Hello. I am a new one cow rancher (if you don't count the 2 horses, 5 dogs, 4 cats and 2 kids ). I noticed on SirLoin (mycalf) the other day that his nose was losing the hair on the top of it. This was before I started to put the halter on him. Now he is losing it down the left side of his nose too. At first I thought that he was rubbing it on the chain link fence, but I don't think that is it anymore. This morning I noticed that he was losing his hair on the top of his rump. I looked at it and scratched at it and the hair came away in little pieces with the skin. I thought that it was ring worm, but I didn't see anything under the skin and there is nothing under the skin on his nose. I sprayed blue coat on his rump after I took the pics.

What is this and is there a better way to treat it than Blue Coat? If I can use the Blue Coat can I spray it on his nose without any adverse affects?

Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry about the pics being so large, but I tried to register at ranchers.net and there was something wrong and it would not let me do it. So I linked them to my FB account.

 

[Roadapple]

Second picture looks like lice. Pull some hair, which should come off real easy, put in a baggy, and after awhile see if you have any little critters crawling on the baggy. Naturally, on the inside.

 

[E in PA]

his nose looks like he might have rubbed the hair off eating or drinking. but thats just my guess. post this on the health board you'll get a better educated answer. try photobucket for the photos. i had the same problem with ranchers.

 

[Acifex]

Thank you for the help. I don't know if the salve that I put on there will get rid of the lice, but the skin was starting to split and I wanted to keep it wet. Again, thanks and I am glad that I found this forum. :cboy: