Staph- am I treating this right??

[gunsmithgirl]

The milking doe I bought this summer had came down with what I am pretty sure is Staph on her udder, lots of white bumps, looks like the pics that I have seen describing staph.
I have never dealt with staph before so I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. First for some background I have only had her about 3 months, she was in milk when I bought her. Showed no signs of staph, beautiful udder. The breeder she came from did have 1 of her other milking does get staph earlier this year. When that happened she vaccinated all the her goats with Lysign. The doe I have got vaccinated with it on 4/21,5/21 & 6/8 of this year.
I ordered Chlorhexidine from Amazon and it should be here tomorrow. For the past few days I have just been using a bleach wash till it comes in since I could not find any at our TSC. It still seems to be spreading. I am hoping the Chlorhexidine will help clear it up once it gets here.I have been milking her last and making sure everything is super sanitized with bleach.
Is there anything else I can do or should look for? I have read on some places that it requires antibiotics and others are saying to just use the wash?
Thanks in Advance, I am worried about my goat babies!

[gone-a-milkin]

The chlorhex will knock it out.
If you have any tea tree oil, I have used that topically to dry it out quickly too.

This is not the end of the world.
Milking her last and being mindful is about the best you can do for now.

My experience has been that animals prone to staph may have other things (like parasites or injuries) that bring their immunities into compromise.
Also, I see correlation in genetics.
Animals who are prone to topical staph have babies more likely to show symptoms.

These are things to consider when managing your herd genetics.
Just my opinion.

I think you are doing the correct things.

[Alice In TX/MO]

The Chlorhex..... at TSC is Nolvasan. Blue liquid in a tall slim bottle. White and yellow on the label, usually.
http://www.discountpetmedicines.com/...n-products.htm

[punchiepal]

If the stall areas are dry, staph can also be showing you that their immune system has a weak area. Copper bolusing can help and we have had a doe where it was a zinc issue.

[Alice In TX/MO]

What mineral are you providing?

[MDKatie]

I have a doe who gets a small case of staph now and then, usually during the "wet" times of the year. She insists on laying on the wet dirt even though she's got a bedded shelter... I use Ammens powder, you can find it at any drug store near the medicated powders. It works great and keeps the udder dry, which I have found is crucial to clearing up staph. Sometimes I'll put it on as a preventative if it's been rainy, too.

[gunsmithgirl]

Thanks for the replys. Just want to make sure I am treating this right. It is amazing how fast this seems to be spreading up her udder, when I first noticed it there was just a bump of two on one of her teats. It has been a really wet fall here and there are low areas in the pen that does get mucky when it is really wet. But now temps have fell and highs have been in the 30's for this week, everything is froze now. Hopefully that will help in clearing this up too.

What mineral are you providing?

The minerals I use are the purina all-purpose cattle minerals. The only goat minerals I can find here are the manna-pro and the goats won't touch that stuff. At least this they will eat good. I have often thought about trying out the hoeggers minerals due to lack of availability locally.I do copper bolus regularly and she just had her Copper and Bose about 30 days ago for pre-breeding.

[Alice In TX/MO]

If you have human zinc pills, give her one of those a few days in a row. Peanut butter crackers are a good medium for meds.

[SkeeterBlue]

Staph is one of those bacteria that surrounds itself with a hard capsule so it is hard to treat topically. You can try using topical bacitracin, which contains polymyxin B and trimethoprim. You may want to vet treat with trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole orally.

[SkeeterBlue]

More about Trimethoprim:

Don't use this antibiotic combo (orally) in pregnant does.

Most staph is sensitive to trimethoprim compounds.

[gunsmithgirl]

Ok thanks. I don't think that the Trimethoprim will be safe then, she was bred about 30 days ago.
I will have DH pick up some Zinc pills on his way home from work.The Chlorhexidine should be in today. I will check into the topical bacitracin as well.

[mygoat]

I never used antibiotics. I just keep a spraybottle of chlorhexidine in the milk room and hosed down the udder after every milking. Worked well. Takes a couple weeks to clear up as the mature pimples pop/heal and the developing ones come to a head... it works pretty good to prevent new.

[Frosted Mini's]

Be careful when milking her, as it can get into the udder and give them staph mastitis.