Case Report

Clinical aspects of an outbreak of papillomatous digital dermatitis in a dairy cattle herd : case report

I. Yeruham, S. Perl
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 69, No 3 | a830 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v69i3.830 | © 1998 I. Yeruham, S. Perl | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 July 1998 | Published: 12 July 1998

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Abstract

Digital skin lesions and lameness of several weeks duration, with a morbidity rate of 28.3 %, was reported in a group of 60 Holstein-Israeli dairy cows in various stages of lactation. A clinical survey was performed to monitor recovery and to confirm eradication of bovine papillomatous digital dermatitis in the herd. The combined effects of intensive individual treatment of the 4 lame cattle with procaine penicillin and metronidazole, and subjecting all animals in the herd to a foot bath with a solution composed of formaldehyde and sodium hydroxide twice a week for 12 weeks, were found to achieve a dramatic positive response in all affected cows in the herd. During a 1-year follow-up period no recurrence and/or new cases have been diagnosed.

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Dairy Cattle; Foot Bath; Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis; Treponema Pertenue

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