Contagious foot rot

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Clinical signs

12

Host species

4

Bacterial disease

Clinical Signs

Systemic

Pyrexia (Fever) Recumbency

General Systemic Signs

Inappetence (Anorexia) Unthriftiness Knee walking Specific

Musculoskeletal

Lameness Pathognomonic Hoof sloughing Specific Foot carriage

Integumentary

Interdigital dermatitis Pathognomonic Interdigital swelling Pathognomonic Foul smelling foot discharge Pathognomonic Chronic interdigital dermatitis Specific

Diagnosis

Clinical examination

Microscopic examination of lesion smears

Fluorescent antibody staining

Anaerobic bacterial culture

Treatment

Penicillin streptomycin combination

Foot trimming and debridement

Zinc sulfate foot bath

Copper sulfate foot bath

Formalin foot bath

Chloramphenicol spray

Prevention & Control

Early detection and isolation

Routine foot bathing

Pasture rotation

Vaccination with Bacteroides nodosus bacterin

Cull chronic nonresponsive animals

Avoid introduction of infected sheep

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Classification

Etiology Bacterial disease
Transmissibility Moderate
Infectiousness Moderately infectious
Occurrence Patterns

Endemic

Disease Courses

Acute

Host Species

Cattle Incidental host Susceptibility: Low
Sheep Primary host Susceptibility: Very high
Goat Primary host Susceptibility: High
Deer Incidental host Susceptibility: Moderate

Associated Microorganisms

No information available.

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