hairy heel warts

[mdb1985]

Does anyone have a sure fire cure for "hairy heel warts"?  Unfortunately have it showing up in some show calves I bought.

 

[kfacres]

we used to have it  in.. I'm not sure I remember what we used to get rid of them...  Haven't had any for a number of years...  If I'm correct, we used to cut them off, and do a couple of things... A we'd squire acid on them... or b- we'd wrap them with aeromycin, or copper sulfate...

I think this is correct...  its also the only response you got!!  I'd suggest contacting a local foot trimmer in the area, that knows their stuff...  That's how we got our problem taken care of.

 

[sam1988]

soak feet in tetracyline and warm water

 

[JWW]

call the vet, most often they are cut out, the vet can also diagnose to make sure that is what you have and can implement some strategies to prevent them.

JWW

 

[gw197510]

I have heard it is contagious.  What do you do to clean up a facility once a calf shows up with it?

 

[evermoor]

Wrap the foot in a mix of tetracycline and oxy-tet or la 200. Use the liquid ( oxytet, LA-200) to make a yellow paste on cotten gauze, then vet wrap it on.  The warts are extremely painful so hace a sturdy chute and tie leg up. Make sure the wart is scrubbed clean, preferrablly bleeding.  Leave wrap on for three days; then remove wrap.  Muriatic acid also works and is availible at hardware stores.  We use to mix up a spray bottle of tetra, oxt-tet , water and sprayed feet in the parlor.  ( use soft or distilled water so the iron doesn't bond with sulfa)  Just get them early and watch them closely, eat can spread and screw up a herd

 

[justa cowman]

  Make sure to stay on top of this or everything will have them hairy foot warts spread  very easily

 

[HGC]

The best thing for hairy heel warts is any of the tetracyclines applied right to the heel.  You can put tetracycline powder or LA 200 on gauze and wrap the foot with vet wrap or you can buy water solubel tetracycline and spray it on (daily for several days).

I can't imagine how you would cut them off.

Copper sulfate can help, but does not treat the wart itself.  It dries out the foot, making it harder and therefore a poorer environment for the heel wart to grow.

Hairy heel warts are very contagious and painfull.  So you will want to keep on top of them.  Once they are in your ground, it is tough to get rid of them. 

 

[AAOK]

We had a cow which somehow contracted Hairy Heel Warts, and my Vet had me spray them daily with Iodine.  It took about two weeks, but they dried up, disappeared, and we never had the problem again.

 

[Jeferin]

We used Oxt-Tet and squirt approx 5cc directly on the wart night and morning. You will be amazed on how fast the disappear.

 

[BA Maines]

We have a dairy farm and it seems Hairy Heel Warts are inevitable.  I tie up the foot and scrub the wart with a bleach solution until the wart starts to bleed.  It is important to get the wart to bleed so the Oxytet can get to the root.  I then use Tetracycline ( Agrimycin 200) directly on the wart.  I also mix up a paste of Tetracycline powder (polyotic)  and Chlorahexadine ointment (nolvasan).  Put the paste on some gause and wrap the foot with vet wrap.  After 3 days, remove the bandage.  You should notice the cow walking easier within a few hours.  I like the paste since it stays in contact with the wart longer.  This has worked so well for us that our vet nows uses this protocol to treat warts for other clients.  Good Luck 

 

[CAB]

I have a cousin that works for a large dairy and they make the cows walk through a dip every day. They alternate the dip with copper sulfate one time and formaldehyde the next time. They also walk the breds through this once a week.

 

[DiamondS]

We got them after the cows had been shipped from Connecticut to Kansas.  Vet had us scrub them enough to get dirt/mud off then mix LA-200 with DMSO and squirt on slowly.  The DMSO helps with the absorption and the pain.  Usually after 3 days they were gone.  Had a big bull get it, that wasn't much fun at all!  We didn't wrap them because it made for too moist of an environment and they just wore the wrap out anyway. 

 

[snagboy]

we have been dealing with this problem for about 4 years we treat two different ways  on cows that are just showing signs we mix in a squirt bottle 1/2 la-200 (oxytetracycline 200mg) 1/2 alcohol 70%    scrub the heal clean the spray mix on for 3-4 days        with cows with it worse we clean hoof with water and a scrub brush then clean wound with alcohol the take oxytetracycline powder and apply to heal  place gauze and wrap with vet rap keep on for 4-5 days  remove then treat with squirt bottle mix for 2-3 days hope it works for you