Clinical aspects of an outbreak of papillomatous digital dermatitis in a dairy cattle herd.
Digital skin lesions and lameness of several weeks duration, with a morbidity rate of 28.3%, was reported in a group of 60 Holstein-Israeli dairy cows in various stages of lactation. A clinical survey was performed to monitor recovery and to confirm eradication of bovine papillomatous digital dermatitis in the herd. The combined effects of intensive individual treatment of the 4 lame cattle with procaine penicillin and metronidazole, and subjecting all animals in the herd to a foot bath with a solution composed of formaldehyde and sodium hydroxide twice a week for 12 weeks, were found to achieve a dramatic positive response in all affected cows in the herd. During a 1-year follow-up period no recurrence and/or new cases have been diagnosed.
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Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003612:Dairying; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007101:Immersion; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014208:Treponema / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D008795:Metronidazole; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine