[Jacob-list] "The rest of the story"

[Hobsickle at aol.com]

Hi All-

Perhaps folks remember an e-mail I sent to the list this past summer 
describing the recurring flystrike situation I had in a ram with a broken horn.  In 
this particular case the larvae had dropped from the horn into the wool on the 
shoulders and with the wet summer had thrived at the base of the wool 
unnoticed.  When we pealed back the detached wool we found that the larvae had started 
to eat into the skin over a patch with an area of a square foot, or so, 
turning that spot into one big oozing sore (it was at least as disgusting as it 
sounds).  We ended up killing the larvae with Tea Tree Oil and salving the sore 
with Bag Balm.  The ram healed up quite nicely and is with a group of ewes now.

Here's the interesting thing.  This ram is four years old and had turned 
noticeably grey, BUT THE BLACK WOOL IN THE INJURED SPOTS GREW BACK JET BLACK!  NOT 
ONE HINT OF GREY!  I'm not sure that this means anything, but I did think it 
was noteworthy.

Incidentally, we cut that broken horn (originally broken 2 years ago) down to 
clean tissue and cauterized it with a cattle dehorning iron to stop the 
bleeding.  So far, the flystrike has not recurred.

-Dan
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