This is little Drummer, who came in 5 days ago. He has a bad case of ringworm which is responding to treatment, and as you can see he looks a lot better than the photos we posted of him when he came in.
I have checked a faecal sample under the microscope, and this poor little guy has fluke and gastrointestinal worms too. He started treatment 4 days ago, and we hope he will be strong enough to pull through.
Good luck Drummer!
Well it’s been another busy day with hogs coming in and others going out for release.
This little guy we have named “Parker” was picked up at midnight by a young lad, when he noticed it was covered in blood. It was in the road outside his home so we guessed it may have been hit by a car.
Flystrike (Myiasis) is a painful, sometimes fatal, condition caused by flies laying eggs on another animal, usually in wounds or on sick animals.
We receive many cases of hogs suffering with flystrike, and it is a very time consuming job to clean it off manually. Because of this, we have purchased a portable suction machine which will help us clean hogs with fly strike, among other things
A couple more entries with flystrike, one probably the worst we’ve had. I’ll be glad when winter gets here so
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