it's a long time till show season, but a good time to start planning how to avoid the usual warts and ringworm that crop up 1 week before the show. in particular, avoiding warts, which are caused by a virus, can be done with help from wart vaccine. the vaccine is not really good at reducing existing lesions, but it can help with prevention and by giving it now, you build up that immunity to keep warts away in july-august. the vaccine can cause some lumps and bumps in some animals, so give it low and on the left side, usually behind the shoulder. and as with any vaccine, see that you have a current vial of epinephrine ready to go if there is a reaction.
ringworm is another story - long-lasting lesion and also persists in the environment. one dairyman had an interesting suggestion on how he kept it away at show time. in february or march, he put any show heifers in with a ringworm animal, if there was one; they likely would get ringworm, but be done with it by april or certainly may. do use caution cleaning up ringworm lesions as they can spread to humans - i've had it 3-4 times - the immunity seems to last 3-4 years and then it crops up again. treatment is usually topical and should be encouraged to keep the environmental exposure down - it will stay in wood pens much longer than those with concrete/steel construction.
good luck! with these and the shows!
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