Goat with small white pustules on udder?-GREAT UPDATE!!!

[Kala]

Both of our goats have developed small white pustules on their udders. They both just got over a few small cuts on their udders that happened after they busted through some wire and cute themselves on the way through. I'm thinking maybe a staph infection from the cuts? We keep the cuts cleaned out well while they were healing but these pustules popped up shortly after the cuts began healing. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

 

[glenolam]

Uhhhh....what's a pustule? Maybe a picture would help? I'm picturing little white pimples...

 

[Kala]

Uhhhh....what's a pustule? Maybe a picture would help? I'm picturing little white pimples...

Yep. Little white pimple things. Looks exactly like a white zit. I can try to load some pics soon.

 

[Our7Wonders]

It may be a staph infection - we're dealing with that in one of our goats currently. It's clearing up fast now that I'm on the right treatment track. I bought chorhexidine wash (can be bought at a feed store but mine didn't have it so I bought the people version called Hibicleanse at the pharmacy). I wash the udder with it each night and rinse well. Then I make sure she's really dry and I apply Ammens powder. It's marketed as an after shower type powder, but it contains zinc. I apply it morning and night. It's been working very well to dry the bumps up. Our doe had what I believe to be bite wounds from the babies fighting over her teats (triplets) and then staph set in and spread.

So the wash cleanses it and keeps it from spreading and the Ammens powder dries it up. Aggieterpkatie told me about the Ammens powder - I'll keep some on hand now and jump on any bumps right away, before they have the chance to spread as they've done on me this time.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Yep, Ammens works great!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

where do you get this ammens stuff? is it people stuff or animal stuff?

 

[Javamama]

Yeah I've never heard of Ammens either - do tell!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

It's people stuff, but works really well for this! It's in the drugstore, near the other medicated powders (similar to GoldBond). And it's cheap!

Here's a link to it on Amazon.

 

[Icu4dzs]

Both of our goats have developed small white pustules on their udders. They both just got over a few small cuts on their udders that happened after they busted through some wire and cute themselves on the way through. I'm thinking maybe a staph infection from the cuts? We keep the cuts cleaned out well while they were healing but these pustules popped up shortly after the cuts began healing. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

That does sound like a staph infection. You could also try Bacitracin or Triple Antibiotic cream (assuming they are NOT currently nursing)
Hope that helps.
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[Kala]

Ok so Dh is bringing home the chorhexidine wash (he was actually able to find it) and we're doing the ammens powder too. I'm a little nervous b/c Emily's has spread some on her udder, but I'm hoping that with the use of the powder that stops the spread. I've decided that she is just gonna be my problem child. B/c I'm also trying to convince myself she doesn't have a copper deficiency! Is it possible to have goat hypochondria? B/c if it is, I think I may have it...

Seriously don't know what I'd do without SS and BYH. DH always laughs at me when I look at something and say, "I must go consult my people!"