The Ugly Part of Farm Life

Sometimes life on the farm is not pretty, or quaint or simple.  Sometimes it's downright disturbing, dirty and stressful.  One of our poor steers has what I thought was a very severe case of warts.  The vet said it's not the worst case he's seen.  He didn't even flinch when he saw them.

We were able to borrow some fence panels from a good friend and pen him p to treat him.  Dr. Holechek gave him the wart vaccine and I was able to spray Betadine and Red Cote on it.  He said within 30 to 60 days the warts should shrink.  We'll have to give him two more injections before this is all over.  It's just a huge relief to at least feel like we've done everything we can at this point.  

Hope you had a better Thursday.  :)