foot rot
Ovine interdigital infection
Foot rot is a bacterial infection causing decay of the hooves and surrounding tissue in livestock, especially sheep and cattle.
The condition produces lameness, foul odor, and tissue breakdown between the toes.
Left untreated, it spreads through a herd and can cripple animals: We lost three ewes to foot rot before we caught it.
Areas of damaged tissue
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- lamenessImpaired ability to walk
- ulcerationFormation of open sores
necrosis · infection · bacteria · fungal · pathogen · contagious · sepsis · gangrene
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- flockAnimals gathered together
herd · grazing · pasture · hooves · lameness · limping · ovine · caprine
Bacteria-destroying medicines
- copper sulfateBlue crystalline metallic salt
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
debridement · bandaging · isolation · culling · quarantine · drainage · wound care · recovery
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- hoof careMaintaining ungulate feet
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- biosecurityProtection against biological threats
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
lesions
Areas of damaged tissue
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- lamenessImpaired ability to walk
ulceration · necrosis · infection · bacteria · fungal · pathogen · contagious · sepsis · gangrene · abscess
sheep
Woolly farm animal
flock · herd · grazing · pasture · hooves · lameness · limping · ovine · caprine · bovine
antibiotics
Bacteria-destroying medicines
- copper sulfateBlue crystalline metallic salt
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
- sulfurYellow combustible element
disinfection · debridement · bandaging · isolation · culling · quarantine · drainage · wound care · recovery
hygiene
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- hoof careMaintaining ungulate feet
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- biosecurityProtection against biological threats
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- animal diseasesrabies, distemper, tuberculosis, mange, anthrax
- livestock problemsdisease, parasites, predators, injury, lameness
- crop diseasesblight, wilt, blast, downy mildew, ergot
- Grain Diseasesergot, scab, powdery mildew, bunt, smut
- livestock careveterinary care, animal welfare, disease prevention, calving, deworming
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