Ring Worm Just won't go away

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SandyB

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It started with my daughter's steer and we quickly treated it with Athletes Foot cream and it was gone almost as soon as it started. Then the heifer got it and she has it bad. We have been treating her the same way and its not going away. Someone suggested pour on Ivermectrin, but Ring Worm is a fungus, not a parasite right??? Its seems like since it started raining a week ago, it has spread worse and she seems more itchy. What can we do?
 

sackshowcattle

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My vet wouldn't sing off on health certs. because of ringworm 3 weeks out from time to leave for show. He said he doubted we would get it cleaned up in time to sign off. So what I did was scrub with a soft bristle brass brush to clean the surface. Sprayed it with a little bleach and wiped some 7 percent iodine on it. Don't even bother with anything less than 7 percent won't help. Then what I did was cover the whole thing with Athletes foot past. The key to the past is find one that has clotrimazole in it. Its the only active ingredient that works. The vet came back one day before we had to leave and said wow you have hair growing back and its dead. I never thought that would happen and signed off on the papers. 
 

obie105

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We still use the fluid film. It's a rust corrosive spray. Scratch off the flaky stuff and spray it on. Always wear gloves for ringworm I have ended up with it more times than I want to count.
 

okiegirl

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Bacon Grease.  It also helps the hair grow back faster, and a bonus you get to eat bacon. (clapping)
 

Limiman12

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Selsum blue (?)  works great at least for humans.....  Scrub it up good for a minutes or so with a short family stiff Bristol brush.    Works great on humans anyway.....
 

SandyB

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We have been currying the areas already and applying the Athlete Foot Cream. It worked right away on the steer, but this heifer it is everywhere. We will try the bleach and iodine, heck I have MTG too! Did you guys apply the bleach & iodine every day?
 

justintime

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For many years I used my grandfather's home remedy and it seemed to work very well. His formula was to mix mineral oil, sulfer, and creoline into a paste. Clean off the ringworm ( make sure you use plastic gloves as getting ringworm yourself is no fun!). Apply the paste with a brush ( I use an old tooth brush) and rub it in daily. Usually I can see hair growing in 3-4 days.
This has worked very well until a year ago. Our bull pen was invaded with the worst ringworm I have ever experienced last year. Some of the bulls had it all over their bodies. I used many cans of Fluid Film and it was cut it for a couple days and it would not stop the ringworm. I tried the home remedy and it did not stop it either. Finally I tried Athlete Foot cream and it worked. The ringworm we had last year seemed different than any ringworm I had experienced before. It had a very thick crust that was raised on the skin. It actually looked like it would be very sore but the bulls did not seem bothered and the gained very well. Are there different types of ringworm?  I have no idea where it came from, as no other cattle on the farm got the ringworm and the bulls were all born and raised here.
This year, our bulls are in the same pen, on the same feed, same mineral, same everything and we have had no ringworm at all.. not even a small spot on any bull. I don't understand how two years can be so different!
 

Will

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When we have our bouts with ring worm we get very aggressive and do all of the above usually twice a day.  After we feel confident we have killed the fungus we use bacon greese and MTG aternating morning ang night.
 

heatherleblanc

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I also use Fluid Film, you can get it from your John Deere dealer.  It's similar to WD-40, but I find it lasts longer.  I just treated my steer with it a couple weeks ago.  He was really sick, and with his immune system down, the ringworm went wild.  It was by far the worst case I've ever had.  After soaking it down with fluid film, he had hair poking through in just a couple days.  It works magic.  If you do decide to use it, it does bubble, which is nothing to be worried about, that's just the oil.
 

Cham2135

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We use a simple method.. Scratch the spot tell the old skin is off (we usually make it bleed). Then we use toothpaste and lather it on. Any of the above ways work tho. The key to getting rid of it is consistently work with it. Even after you have a few hair follicles growing, still treat it to help eliminate the regrowth. Also get some ani-fungal/disinfectant spray and clean where the calf touched: halterd, combs, clippers, etc.
 

CAB

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I have put this up many times and it is what I would use if I had a ringworm outbreak if I thought treatment was needed. Below is a link to many links about Fulvison. Take your pick & read. It will work and you won't have to do extra chores twice per for a period of time. Has to be prescribed by a vet.

https://www.google.com/#q=fulvison
 
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