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Mass treatment of ringworm - best option?

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Hi

Can someone advise of the best way to treat ringworm in a large group of pigs?

I have had a call from a lady who I have helped before, she has 28 pigs all living in a group on the floor of a shed. The previous pigs I took from her developed ringworm and were treated at mine before being rehomed. I told her of the problem and advised her to treat the whole lot, and the wood of the shed, else they would all get it. She treated them all with Imaverol and the shed with Virkon (this all started before Christmas). Anyway, I went to see her a couple of weeks ago and all looked ok. Today she rang and said the fungal is back and the newborn babies are being affected the most.

What is the Imaverol treatment, I know it's something you dilute and then sponge on and leave to dry, but how often should this be repeated? Is this the most effective method of treating ringworm in such a large group (am thinking Malaseb baths every 3 days for 28 pigs might be a nightmare!).

Is Virkon the best thing to treat the wood?

Is there anything else that would help?

It's an awful situation but I want to be able to help her sort it so that the pigs can be rehomed. She is willing to rehome all of them, but obviously we can't do so until they are through this in case it spreads. How long, realistically, will this take?

Thanks for reading

Sophie
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i used imavorol dip dip the guineas every 3 days for 4 treatments use a little pasting brush or make up brush get in all the little crannies not the nose but its 100% safe on eyes and let them air dry in lots of hay ...dont get it from your vets it will cost 40 pound
shop on line i got it for 22 pound including delivery and delivery next day
dosage 20ml imavrol into 500mls water on the 3rd treatment ringworm was gone after you do the 4th treatment use GG products to sothe the skin...
DONT MISS ANY DOSE NO MATTER WHAT

22 pounds for 100ml bottle
 
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My only experience of ringworm has been treated by Itrafungal. It worked a treat. No baths etc. One week treating, one week off, one week treating, so took 3 weeks. All cleared up, no further problems. Syringing 28 pigs could be a bit of a task, but certainly easier than bathing them all, particularly babes. Mine were in a cage, so much better to de-ringworm than a hutch. xx
 
Thanks - that's the trouble, they are freerange in a shed. I can't move them to mine into indoor cages as I don't have any space and I'm not putting them in my shed. My kitchen is already full and I already have two pairs of fungal pigs being treated every 3 days :(

I can't see any way round it except to treat them where they are and move them once they're clear

Thanks

Sophie
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every time the guineas are dipped she needs to soak every thing bottles bowls every thing in virkon every 3 days,she can also spray the hutches with imavrol she needs to let the hutches air dry before putting the guineas back in and burn every but of shavings that she takes out of the shed..this is why i now use plastic cages in my heated shed has i had a bad case of ringworm and it took 6-8 wks to fully clear up ...

imavrol is a sheep dip that is now licenced in dogs and guineas
 
Free ranging in a shed would make it difficult to sterilise all the nooks and crannies of the shed, so it may always recurr. Also in this weather, as they are outdoors in a shed, the itrafungal route may be better than bathing, so they don't catch cold. Drying out that lot fully would take forever. I would think it is too cold to let them dry naturally. As I say, I have never faffed around bathing, the syringe did it all for me. However, I caught mine early, and bathing may be recommended to ease skin discomfort if the ringworm is well advanced.?
 
the most ive had in with ringworm at one time is 10 and my friend had 32 guineas all spread like wild fire and she even caught this is who told me about doing this and i found it worked very well but yes it is cold but i found it a lot easier to do on so many guineas xx
 
maybe all the rescues on here will have 2 each rescue who have isolation they will be able to treat it much better than one rescue having all of them i started off with the lotions creams ect and it wouldnt work it spread to other areas and is it some thing that the person who has them is willing to treat has it i very hard to do,i cried myself the bits it was so hard in the end my friend who works at the hospital did scrapping for me to be sure it was ringworm i then used imavrol and with trying to treat it for 5wks with areas clearing up them them getting it in another area it would come,seems to me this person who has them needs some help has i know how bad it can be my friend got it and she lost all of her hair herself and its never grown back with this many it would be a nightmare xx
 
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Thanks everyone.

I'm off to see the lady on my way home from work to assess just how bad the situation is. I was only there 2 weeks ago, and it wasn't notiecable then, so I'm hoping if caught in the early stages we might be able to get on top of it.

I'm not keen to move these pigs until they are treated, as explained I don't have any space at mine (and am about to move house! :{) and I know everyone else around me is pretty full too, and these pigs would need quarantine space rather than shed space.

4 of the pigs are pregnant, one sow has 2 small babies at foot, the rest are juvenile or adult sows. It's affecting the babies most.

Sophie
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Does she have a garage or something similar, maybe get some C+C and some lino and build something temporary and then treat the shed while the guineas are out of it.
 
Thanks everyone. I went this afternoon and there are 30 pigs in total. 4 are pregnant, one mum with 2 babies newly born. The worst affected are the young sows who are now in a separate hutch, all are very scabby and sore. The adult sows and boars are not showing symptoms but are still likely to be infected. We are getting those most at risk out first, as nobody has room to quarantine such a large amount all in one go.

All very frustrating and have sat here trying to work out how to solve it, but it's just tooooo many. Without the ringworm we could find room but with the risk of it, very limited due to quarantine space and risk to other pigs and animals. Not used to not bring able to fix something. :(

will update tomorrow

sophie
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This really is a challenge for you. Good Luck, I hope something can be worked out. Are there any experienced owners around that you could call on to help or to maybe take a single pig to care for. xx
 
nutmeg said:
This really is a challenge for you. Good Luck, I hope something can be worked out. Are there any experienced owners around that you could call on to help or to maybe take a single pig to care for. xx
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Thanks Nutmeg. I've been wracking my brains all night but I don't feel any of these pigs can be fostered by people who already have pigs, pets or children of their own as ringworm is such a spreadable thing. The woman's husband wants them all gone. There are no large rescues here that can help. I am already treating 4 pigs here who need baths every 3 days and they are using up my own quarantine space.

Maybe a solution will come to me during the night!

Sophie
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