Things You'll Need
- Papillomas vaccine
- Bleach
- Iodine
- Antibacterial ointment
Instructions
Schedule an appointment with your veterinarian to have your kids examined. He will look over the warts and take samples to make sure none of them are cancerous. Most strains of warts are caused by the papilloma virus and can be avoided by vaccinating your kids with a papillomas vaccine available from your vet.
Isolate any infected goats from the rest of your herd. Warts are normally spread through skin to skin contact, so keeping affected kids away from healthy kids will minimize the spread of warts.
Mix up a half bleach, half water solution and wipe down any surfaces that infected kids may have come in contact with, such as fences and shelters. Clean any feed or water pans that infected kids might have had contact with to keep others from getting warts.
Coat each wart you find in a thin layer of iodine to dry it out and prevent infection. Most warts are benign and will clear up on their own once the virus runs its course, but the skin can split and make infection a possibility.
Rub a small amount of antibacterial ointment over any skin surfaces that seem red or inflamed. Kids are very hardy creatures, but too many infected spots on the skin can overwhelm the immune system and severely sicken affected kids.