A simple surgical treatment for bovine digital dermatitis-associated white line lesions and sole ulcers.
Non-healing white line disease (nhWLD) and sole ulcers (nhSU) are seen increasingly in herds endemically affected with bovine digital dermatitis (BDD). In 35 cows with 42 nhWLD or nhSU lesions, the healing process was monitored for up to 28 or 38 days following extensive debridement of loose horn and infected corium under regional anaesthesia, and topical application of tetracycline spray with bandaging. By 28 days, 27/42 (64%) nhWLD and nhSU were completely covered by a new horn layer and this increased to 30/42 (71%) that had healed by 38 days. Lesion sizes on day 0 correlated with clinical healing within the study period. In view of this satisfying therapeutic result, the terms nhWLD and nhSU are proposed for BDD-associated white line disease (BDD-WLD) and BDD-associated sole ulcers (BDD-SU), respectively.
Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: Johann.Kofler@vetmeduni.ac.at.
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Kofler
Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.
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Glonegger-Reichert
Department of Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.
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Dietrich
Research Group Oncology, Equine Clinic, Department of Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.
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Sykora
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Platform for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.
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Tichy
Research Group Oncology, Equine Clinic, Department of Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, A-1210 Vienna, Austria.
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Brandt
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D058066:Digital Dermatitis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000473:pathology*
Bovine digital dermatitis; Non-healing bovine hoof lesions; Sole ulcer; Treponema; White line lesion