Footrot
Footrot in ruminants refers to various pathological conditions:
In sheep, contagious footrot is a universally distributed disease (affecting accessorily goats) characterised by chronic contagious epidermatitis of feet, especially in the fore limbs, caused by two anaerobic bacteria, not transferable to bovines.[1]
In cattle there has been confusing terminology and several entities probably exist under such names as footrot (USA) Panaritium (Germany) or panaris (France).[2]
The following digital diseases of cattle[3] might have been called "footrot":
- Interdigital necrobacillosis: an acute severe phlegmon of interdigital connective tissue, especially in the rear limbs.
- Interdigital dermatitis also called Scald: an acute or chronic inflammation of the interdigital skin of cattle, without extension to the subcutaneous tissue.
- Interdigital skin hyperplasia: in cattle, excess of epidermal and hypodermal tissue occupying part or all of the interdigital space, especially dorsally in the fore limbs.
- Pododermatitis circumscripta: in cattle, specific proliferative lesion of the sole-bulb junction, near the axial margin (rear limbs).
- Distal interphalangeal arthritis: purulent inflammation of the distal phalangeal joint, often a complication of one of the above cited conditions, especially in the rear limbs.
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knee-walking in ovine footrot -
partially trimmed hooves of an affected ewe -
interdigital phlegmon in a steer -
Interdigital skin hyperplasia -
Pododermatitis circumscripta (on both claws) -
distal interphalangeal arthritis
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References
- ↑ Jensen, Rue & Brinton L. (1982) Diseases of Sheep Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger ISBN 0-8121-0836-1, p. 265-267
- ↑ Paul R. Greenough, Finlay J. Maccalum and A. David Weaver, Lameness in cattle, Wright Scientechnica, Bristol, 1982, ISBN 0-85608-030-6, p. 142.
- ↑ Lucien Mahin and Abderrazaq Addi, Les maladies digitées des bovins, avec références particulières aux travaux de "l'International Council on Disorders of the Ruminant digit", Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire, 126, 597-620. (1982).
External links
- "Footrot in cattle and sheep" (PDF). Kansas State University. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
- McKay, Evelyn (September 2024). "Contagious Footrot in Sheep - Musculoskeletal System". Merck Veterinary Manual. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
- Pezzanite, Lynn; Neary, Mike; Hutchens, Terry. "Footrot in Sheep and Goats" (PDF). Purdue University. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
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