Foot Rot

[jillaroo]

oxytetracycline (ie LA 200) still works well on FR and is cheap to use. Other long-acting drugs you could use are Excede, Nuflor and Draxxin but they can get VERY expensive to use on a cow or bull. If oxy does not improve their foot in 24 hrs, then you likely aren't dealing with FR.

 

[Stocker Steve]

If an animal is high headed, maybe it gets cuts on its feet from not paying attention & just bolting, but stress doesn't CAUSE it. I do believe stress can make anything WORSE.

I think all hooves are cracked or bruised when they come off the truck. Just the high headed animals come down with FR after standing on "clean" cement for 3 to 5 days.

 

[kenny thomas]

CB, have you ever seen anybody put clorox in a pond/tank where cattle stand? Have a guy here that does it and swears by it.

 

[Caustic Burno]

CB, have you ever seen anybody put clorox in a pond/tank where cattle stand? Have a guy here that does it and swears by it.

That has never crossed my mind due to I like to eat my catfish.
But I see no reason it wouldn't work if you got the percentage right.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

CB - I'm with you - fish would NOT like Clorox! you would have a pond full of dead fish.
We raise Channel Catfish - LOVE to catch them & eat them. Caught a 6.5 # & 7# last week. They do fight. But, we never let cattle drink out of our ponds.