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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9617"><p>Depends on what the bare spots look like. Being on the face, I would suspect ringworm. It will make them lose their hair and the bald area will look white and scaly/scabby. These areas will bleed if the heifers are rubbing them excessively. Unless you plan on "showing" them soon at a fair, I would let it run its course. It is like a childhood disease. Once they go through it, they should never get it again. But, your facilites now have the ringworm fungus on it, and all young stock exposed to that facility will be prone to getting the ringworm. You can disinfect if you want. The other possibility is lice/mites. But this generally would show up in other places also. The cattle would be itching against posts/trees anything they can rub on. This would take a delice product. There are many on the market from a simple delice pour-on to a internal/external dewormer product. If you suspect lice and use a regular de-lice product, they should be treated a second time 14 days later. ALL cattle should be wormed and delice treated every year in the fall & spring. Jeanne</p><p>> I have 14 heifers that I have</p><p>> locked up and some of them are</p><p>> beginning to get spots on their</p><p>> faces where their hair is gone. I</p><p>> have asked some of the locals and</p><p>> have got some different answers.</p><p>> The two popular ones are, mites</p><p>> that are causing this or they are</p><p>> rubbing up against something. Does</p><p>> anyone else have any ideas what</p><p>> this might be and what can I do</p><p>> about it?</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://simmevalley.com" target="_blank">Simme Valley in NY</a> </p><p> <a href="mailto:simmeval@swns.net">simmeval@swns.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9617"] Depends on what the bare spots look like. Being on the face, I would suspect ringworm. It will make them lose their hair and the bald area will look white and scaly/scabby. These areas will bleed if the heifers are rubbing them excessively. Unless you plan on "showing" them soon at a fair, I would let it run its course. It is like a childhood disease. Once they go through it, they should never get it again. But, your facilites now have the ringworm fungus on it, and all young stock exposed to that facility will be prone to getting the ringworm. You can disinfect if you want. The other possibility is lice/mites. But this generally would show up in other places also. The cattle would be itching against posts/trees anything they can rub on. This would take a delice product. There are many on the market from a simple delice pour-on to a internal/external dewormer product. If you suspect lice and use a regular de-lice product, they should be treated a second time 14 days later. ALL cattle should be wormed and delice treated every year in the fall & spring. Jeanne > I have 14 heifers that I have > locked up and some of them are > beginning to get spots on their > faces where their hair is gone. I > have asked some of the locals and > have got some different answers. > The two popular ones are, mites > that are causing this or they are > rubbing up against something. Does > anyone else have any ideas what > this might be and what can I do > about it? [url=http://simmevalley.com]Simme Valley in NY[/url] [email=simmeval@swns.net]simmeval@swns.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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