Abstract Background Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis (CODD) is an emerging and common infectious foot disease of sheep which causes severe welfare economic problems for the industry. The aetiology not fully understood control problematic. aim this study was to investigate polybacterial aetiopathogenesis CODD effects antibiotic treatment, in a longitudinal experimentally induced outbreak usin...

Congenital macrodactyly is a rare congenital malformation characterised by progressive enlargement of all mesenchymal elements of a digit. The present study is an attempt to draw the attention towards the similarities and differences between macrodactyly of the hand and foot. Radiographical, operative findings and histopathological examination of five cases are included in the present study. Em...

Abstract Background Foot rot/gummosis of citrus, caused by Phytophthora spp., is the most important disease responsible for yield losses 10 to 30% in fruit production major citrus growing countries. Considering burden disease, present study was undertaken evaluate different native potent strains Trichoderma spp. against foot citrus. Results Based on molecular characteristics, i.e., ITS ribosoma...

An 87 year-old white female presented with a two-year history of intermittent discomfort in her left foot. PET-CT identified intense18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake corresponding to the lesion. Histology of a fine needle aspiration and open biopsy were consistent with a benign giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone. GCT of bone is an uncommon primary tumor typically presenting as a benign solita...

BACKGROUND Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI) is an infrequent benign proliferation of the soft tissues. Ninety one percent of cases occur during the first year of life. FHI is characterized as a subcutaneous lesion with characteristic morphology with a triphasic organoid growth pattern. CLINICAL CASE We present the case of a 6-month-old male infant with a tumor in the medial plantar region o...

The objective was to determine the association between foot, leg, vulva and shoulder lesions with body condition reproduction in group housed sows. Whiteline sows (n = 887) were measured before farrowing at weaning a commercial farm eastern North Carolina. Foot leg abnormalities included cracked hooves, toe length differences, overgrown hooves locomotion. Vulva scored no lesion or present. Shou...

Porokeratotic Eccrine Ostial and Dermal Duct Nevus (PEODDN) is a rare disorder of keratinization that clinically resembles comedo nevus but occurs on the palms and soles and is characterized by cornoid lamella in the histopathology. We hereunder report a young male with mildly itchy papules on the lateral surface of the left foot who was diagnosed with PEODDN upon biopsy of the lesion. We brief...