Auricular Necrosis, Dermatitis and Digital Gangrene in a Holstein Cow

Digital Necrosis: A Hoarder’s Tale

A Highly Effective Protocol for the Rapid and Consistent Induction of Digital Dermatitis in Holstein Calves

Bovine Digital Dermatitis (DD) is a leading cause of lameness in dairy cattle. DD is reportedly increasing in prevalence in beef cattle feedlots of the US. The exact etiologic agent(s) responsible for the disease have yet to be determined. Multiple studies have demonstrated the presence of a variety of Treponema spp. within lesions. Attempts to reproduce clinically relevant disease using pure c...

Fever with fulminant skin necrosis and digital gangrene in a uraemic woman.

A 40-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension was admitted because of general malaise for the previous 3 months. Diabetic nephropathy with uraemia (blood urea nitrogen 78mg/dl, serum creatinine 8.2mg/dl) and secondary hyperparathyroidism (serum intact parathyroid hormone level 1920 pg/ml) were diagnosed. However, fever with rapidly progressive painful erythematous plaques, ...

Rare fetal monster in Holstein crossbred cow

This report describes a rare case of conjoined female twin monster (Monocephalus Thoracopagus Tetrabrachius Tetrapus Dicaudatus) in a Holstein Friesian pluriparous crossbred cow.

Clinical and gross pathologic findings of complicated vertical fissures with digital dermatitis in a dairy herd

Careful antemortem examination and interpretation of findings, assisted by good clinical records, do much to throw light on the nature of vertical fissure in cattle. During an eight month period of investigation, 13 (3.2%) lame cows with vertical fissure out of 52 Holstein cows with different claw fissures were selected for clinical and gross pathological purposes in a commercial dairy farm wit...