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Would this work for cows, you think? Our dairy cow is often bothered terribly by flies.

Ahh, equispot sounds like what I'm looking for. Thanks for the idea! I'll look into it.

Yes, but they don't go over there often. I've had no success using DE against bugs in the past. Never again, lol Yes, But I was more thinking about something I could apply monthly, rather than having something wash away in the rain, like permethrin.

I'm looking for goat answers specifically but we have so many ticks here that I'm interested in any answers. Our property is mostly wooded and I've decided to run a couple of nannies through there with movable fencing. (They normally live in a large paddock that our chickens and guinea fowls...

There's no in between 🙈

Personally I think they're trashy. I've yet to see a facial piercing that enhanced someone's look. They're just distracting.

@Baymule you are awesome. This whole thread is awesome.

Thanks. We're still getting testing done but I'm really hoping that we don't have it. 🙈

Are CL abcesses typically full of white pus? I've seen it described as 'Cheesy' before. We cleaned out an abcess today and the pus was green.

I actually don't know how yet but I'm going to learn! And if I'm having trouble I know my partner can handle it. He's not squeamish at all, which is so handy.

I should add that they only have access to this round Bale feeder in the winter. We were able to rotate them on pasture successfully all through the summer last year.

Ok, gotcha. I would rather do it myself then and spare the middle man expense.

I have no idea. I could look it up. What do I search, "state vet lab"? Is testing typically not something a livestock vet does?

We feed hay in a round bale that's surrounded by a cattle panel. This is the second year we've fed them this way. I wonder if the abscesses are from that? Weird that we wouldn't have noticed any abscesses sooner but maybe that's the answer.

What other things can cause mouth abcesses? Thanks for the reply. That's ultimately why we'll be testing. I've looked at the pics of where the abscesses normally form and right at the edge of the mouth isn't on there. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But again, we did have the ram a couple years ago that had lumps in the...

I'm trying to ascertain if it's practical to even keep once that are positive. We are very small-scale meat sheep farmers… we were hoping just to raise enough for our family. This is going to be an expensive problem either way.

You assume then that it is likely CL? I searched online until I felt my brains were scrambled trying to find anything else that it could be but I'm just not having any luck. How would you handle practical husbandry if they do have it? We've been working on our rotational past your grazing...

Basic question is: are there other infectious illnesses or perhaps deficiencies that would cause an abcess? Several of our sheep have an abcess right on the corner of their mouth. I suspect CL and the plan is to get their blood tested but is there something else I should be looking at? I know...

Mystery is solved! I was milking tonight and saw the wasp come back and what it actually did was grab a fly feeding on the raw spot! I had seen it fly away with a chunk of something the other day and assumed it was from the cow but it must have been a fly. Smart wasp, lol