Untangling best practice for controlling footrot in sheep.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.01.017
Abstract: Although we have known that footrot is a contagious disease for over 200 years (Graham and Egerton, 1968), it is only in the past decade or so that we have really started to build a… read more here.
Keywords: foot trimming; winter; ewe per; per ewe ... See more keywords
Reducing lameness in sheep: new approach recommended
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DOI: 10.1136/vr.j2793
Abstract: FARM vets can recommend that sheep farmers stop routine foot trimming to treat lameness in their flocks. Instead, they should treat cases of footrot, the major cause of lameness, with an injectable antibiotic and a… read more here.
Keywords: foot trimming; treatment; disease; topical spray ... See more keywords