Last week I spotted scabs on the lip of Sooty, one of our goat kids. I had seen nothing like this before so I looked up possible causes. We are pretty certain he has orf virus. This causes mouth ulcers and scabs. We decided to isolate him so we have moved him to the secure paddock on the Farside plot. As goats are social animals, we put his sister Sweep in the paddock with him. The two are very close and Sooty would not have coped well without company.
He is making a good recovery. When I checked him today, there were fewer scabby lumps. He and Sweep however will remain in the paddock away from the other animals until he is fully recovered.
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