Latest concepts relevant to treatment of digital dermatitis in dairy cattle

Digital dermatitis is a polymicrobial infection, with many hundreds of bacterial species found in lesions (Krull et al, 2014; Zinicola et al, 2015). Changes in bacterial populations and relative...

Lameness in dairy heifers: a narrative review of control strategies

A descriptive review of the literature was conducted using the Cattle Lameness Literature database (www.cattle-lameness.org.uk), the RCVS library Discovery database, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar....

Ruminant behaviour in subclinical parasitic gastroenteritis

In temperate regions, cattle and sheep graze diurnally; from late spring to early autumn between 65 and 100% of grazing typically takes place during daylight hours (Hughes and Reid, 1951; Hancock,...

Infection reservoirs and transmission of digital dermatitis in the dairy herd

The most recently calculated reproduction ratio (R0) for DD is 2.36, meaning that in the absence of control measures it is expected that each case will give rise to 2.36 further cases (Biemans et al,...