Contagious Foot Rot in Sheep

Sheep Foot Rot

Foot Rot- An Emerging Issue in Sheep Husbandry

Foot rot is a highly contagious and economically important disease of the feet of ruminants especially sheep and goats and is characterized by the separation of keratinous hoof from the underlying epidermal tissue resulting in severe lameness, loss of body condition and reduced wool production. Although foot rot infection has been reported in cattle, horses, pigs, deer and mouflon, the infectio...

Effect of breed on response to foot rot treatment in mature sheep and lambs

Our objective was to determine whether breed differences existed in response to exposure and treatment of virulent foot rot. orset (DS), 1/2 Dorper (DX), 3/4 or greater Dorper (DO), Gulf Coast Native (GC), Katahdin (KA), and St. Croix (SC) mature heep and lambs were exposed to virulent foot rot in spring 2003. Treatment for foot rot was initiated in 132 lambs and 262 mature heep in late July. T...

Elastolytic activity of Bacteroides nodosus isolated from sheep and goats with foot rot.

The elastolytic activities of 82 Bacteroides nodosus strains were studied. Two substrates, insoluble elastin and soluble elastin, were used for this purpose. Roughly 15% of the strains which did not digest insoluble elastin were elastolytic with soluble elastin, the latter providing greater sensitivity, speed, and objectivity than its insoluble counterpart.

Contagious agalactia of sheep and goats

Diagnosis can be performed in any laboratory which has the appropriate culture media. Identification of the three mycoplasmas responsible is relatively easy on the basis of cultural and biochemical characteristics, confirmed serologically. A clinical diagnosis within a herd can be confirmed by detecting serum antibodies by the complement fixation or ELISA techniques, which are also suitable for...