Digital dermatitis in dairy cattle.
A condition of digital dermatitis causing lameness in a dairy herd is described. The lesion was a small circumscribed area of epidermal inflammation in the skin immediately above the coronet between the bulbs of the heel. Topical treatment, consisting of excoriation and application of a gentian violet and tetracycline aerosol spray, was effective. Although the high incidence and rapid onset of the condition suggested an infectious cause, no organism was isolated consistently.
Blowey
R W
RW
Wood Veterinary Group, Gloucester.
Sharp
M W
MW
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology*; D014034:Toes