How to Overcome and Treat Inflammation of the Nails in Goats

How to Overcome and Treat Inflammation of the Nails in Goats - Inflammation of the nails or rotten nails is a disease caused by bacteria that enter the nails through wounds on the nail crown or the skin around the nails, so that it can increase infection in the nail.

The main cause of nail inflammation is caused by the bacterium Sphaerophorus necrophorus,  transmission of this bacterium through food or drink, feces, used equipment, contaminated environment and through direct contact.

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Symptoms of Nail Inflammation in Goats

Symptoms and characteristics of nail inflammation in goats, generally are as follows:

1. Legs are lame, hot and sore when nails are touched
2. First the nails are swollen, and flaky
3. Growing lumps that cause pain
4. Slow or non-aggressive movement
5. Decreased appetite, resulting in decreased meat and milk production
6. Removing blood fluid on the wound, if continued then remove pus
7. It even causes paralysis and difficulty walking. 

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How to Overcome and Treat Inflammation of the Nails in Goats

Control:

• Maintain the cleanliness of the cage, feed and drinking places, equipment used, and breeders
• Try to make ventilation, so that it is exposed to direct sunlight
• Avoiding the use of non-uniform goats
• Avoid using forage that is too wet.
• Using superior and well-selected tiller. 

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Treatment:

• Cut the nails on livestock, then doused it with alcohol so that the infected germs and bacteria die. Do a bandage on the leg and avoid the goat in a damp and dirty place.
• Cut the infected nail with a knife or scissors, then treat it with an antiseptic such as a 10-20% formaldehyde solution. Then treat also with sulfatizole ointment and apply a bandage on the infected nail inflammation.

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