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Warts
Aug 10, 2011 7:45:15 GMT -5
Post by Star Creek Dexters on Aug 10, 2011 7:45:15 GMT -5
One of my heifers, she's due to calve in Oct, has had a large wart on her neck for the past month or so. It's about 1 inch long.
Yesterday I was out working with them I noticed that, seemingly over night, she has warts all over her neck and face. Little bitty ones, from the size of a penny down to just a pin tip. I would say at leat 20-30. They are not fly bites.
On our Brangus herd, from time to time, we have a wart here or there, and it always falls off over time, no worries. But I've never seen this many before.
Any advice?
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Warts
Aug 10, 2011 8:20:45 GMT -5
Post by otf on Aug 10, 2011 8:20:45 GMT -5
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Warts
Aug 10, 2011 10:08:27 GMT -5
Post by laughingllama75 on Aug 10, 2011 10:08:27 GMT -5
Mamma Snuff, the cow in my avitar....she got them real bad one year about 2 weeks before calving. Freaked me out! seemed like overnight, all over her eye lids, around her nose and lips. I'm sure under her hair there were some, but i didnt see them. My vet told me to chill, they would go away and they did. Seems the stress of calving? brought them on. Lasted about 3 months, then they were gone. it was amazing. So, don't worry too bad about it. And no, you cant catch them!
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Warts
Aug 10, 2011 20:13:08 GMT -5
Post by ctownson on Aug 10, 2011 20:13:08 GMT -5
I wish we did not have the experience with warts that we have had the last couple of years, but I can assure you that I have had a lot of hands-on experience with them. First, we now vaccinate our calves that we plan to show - so far, that has been very successful. When I see a wart, I pull it off immediately with a pair of pliers - it is ok if it bleeds. Put some fly spray on at this time of year. Warts are caused by a virus, just like a cold. The animal will build up antibodies/immunity to them over time. I treat them aggressively; others just wait. The old joke is if you treat them, they will disappear in 3-4 months or if you leave them alone they will disappear in 3-4 months.
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Warts
Aug 10, 2011 21:39:34 GMT -5
Post by Star Creek Dexters on Aug 10, 2011 21:39:34 GMT -5
lol, Charles. That is funny. Thanks for the advice everyone. Poor girl is just gonna have to look stricken for a little while!
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Warts
Aug 10, 2011 22:12:49 GMT -5
Post by aggieelissa on Aug 10, 2011 22:12:49 GMT -5
Like Charles I remove them, the big ones anyways. Typically I cut them off, to do this I use a scalpel, or clean box blade. I purchased some empty gel capsules from my vet that i keep to put the warts inside, then give the affected animal the capsule. Or I just feed them the wart by sticking it in their mouth and ensuring they do not spit it out. Unfortunately the warts tend to correspond with times of stress such as cold snaps (I wish that were the problem right now), or growth spurts, even showing. Like Charles since we show a lot keeping the animals wart free is a priority. I know feeding the animal the wart sounds odd, how ever I learned this technique from an old vet and it has in my opinion helped them heal quicker.... it is building self immunity and similar to giving them the vaccine according to my vet. Some people do not believe in it, and some do. But a lot of the people around here do it because it is what has been passed down.
I have had mixed results with the wart vaccine..... Some never get them after being vaccinated, then a couple I have given the vaccine to broke out with in a week of the second dose.
I will suggest that you bleach your water troughs once a week or more till her warts fall off.... I have been told the virus spreads easily through community water sources.
You can also band the wart... I have never done this but my friend likes to take the small horse hair bands and wrap it around the base of the wart several times till it is tight, the wart will die and fall off in a couple of days.
Hope this helps just a couple of suggestions =)
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Warts
Aug 29, 2011 22:10:57 GMT -5
Post by copperhead on Aug 29, 2011 22:10:57 GMT -5
I posted extensively last year about a heifer I had with a huge wart on her eye, ( it was so big, one vet thought it was a tumor) I finally banded it and it fell off in less than 2 weeks I will give one word of warning, if you give the wart vaccine to a pregnant animal it can cause her to abort, I learned this the hard way, PJ
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Post by triplepeakacres on Sept 23, 2014 12:48:01 GMT -5
We have a young bull that developed a few warts soon after we purchased him. We started him on 3 tabs of Thuja once a day (a homeopathic recommended by a vet). After two weeks the smaller warts between his eyes disappeared and a week later the original larger wart on his neck also disappeared. You could see them get smaller & smaller day by day. I would not use them on pregnant cows however.
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Warts
Sept 23, 2014 19:38:07 GMT -5
Post by kansasdexters on Sept 23, 2014 19:38:07 GMT -5
Wart vaccine is a "killed" vaccine. It is most effective if it is given to calves at 4-months old and then boostered at 5-months old. It is safe to give to older cows and even pregnant cows, but they aren't the ones that typically need it. Since it is a killed vaccine, it cannot cause abortion. If a cow aborts after receiving this vaccine, there is another reason that she aborted.
Patti
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