Predisposing Causes
❖Footrot tends to be seasonal, with the highest incidence
occurring during the wet seasons.
❖Cuts, bruises, puncture wounds, or severe abrasions of
the foot due to sharp rocks, sticks, or frozen mud/ice will
damage the skin in the interdigital space and predispose an
animal to foot rot by allowing bacteria to invade and
multiply within the tissue.
❖نفعتمدقلاىلإنأنوكي،اًيمسومثدحتوىلعأةبسنثودحللاخمساوملاةبطرلا.
❖حورجلاوأتامدكلاوأحورجلاةيزخولاوأشودخلاةديدشلايفمدقلاببسبروخصلاةداحلاوأ
يصعلاوأنيطلا/ديلجلادمجتملايدؤتسىلإفلاتإدلجلايفةحاسملانيبعباصلأاضيرعتوناويحلا
نفعتلمدقلانعقيرطحامسلاايريتكبللوزغلابرثاكتلاولخادةجسنلأا.
Clinical Signs
Fever
Clinical Signs in cattle
Clinical Signs in sheep
❖Lameness is usually the first sign of an infected animal.
❖Inflamed, red and moist skin between the digits.
❖One or more feet may be affected simultaneously.
❖A grey pasty scum between the digits.
❖Lifting of skin-horn junction between digits.
❖Under-running or separation of horn around heel, sole, toe
and finally to the outside hoof wall.
❖جرعلاةداعامنوكيةملاعلاىلولأاناويحللباصملا.
❖رارمحاةجسنلأانيبعباصلأامروتو،مدقلااممببسيراشتناعباصأمدقلا.
❖دقرثأتيمدقدحاووأرثكأيفتقودحاو.
❖عفرعطاقتنرقدلجلانيبعباصلأا.
❖لاصفنلاانرقلللوحبعكلالعنلاوعبصإومدقلا ًاريخأوىلإرادجرفاحلايجراخلا.
Knuckling of Knee
joint is a signs of
foot Rot in sheep
A neglected case
of foot rot with
complete under-
running of the sole
and an overgrown
outer hoof wall.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
❖Footrot is typically diagnosed by the distinctive lesions
and odor.
❖Any interdigital fissures and cracks with a characteristic
odor scchouldbe treated as foot rot.
❖Bacterial culture can be done, but is rarely necessary.
❖ صيخشت متيFootrotةزيمملا ةحئارلاو تافلآا للاخ نم ًةداع .
❖ اهنأ ىلع ةزيمم ةحئار تاذ عباصلأا نيب قوقشو قوقش يأ عم لماعتلا بجينفعتمدق.
❖ ءارجإ نكمملا نمةعرزمةيرورض نوكت ام اًردان نكلو ،ةيريتكب.
Differential Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis in sheep
Contagious eczema(ORF): Scabesaround the mouth and cornet
Foot and mouth diseases (FMD)
❖: It is a infectious highly contagious, vesicular disease of
cloven footed animals, caused by virus, characterized by
fever, salivation and vesicular eruptions in the oral cavity
and on the feet or udder and teats.
Bluetongue (BT)
❖: It is an infectious non contagious insect born disease of
❖sheep primarily and cattle occasionally, caused by virus,
characterized by fever, ulcerative stomatitis, rhinitis,
enteritis and lameness due to inflammation of coronary
band and sensitive laminae of the foot.
❖The disease is slow in spread and seasonal in occurrence.
Differential Diagnosis in Cattle
Main Line of Treatment
Main Line of Treatment
❖1-Local antiseptic and antibiotic
❖2-Systemic antibiotic
❖3-Non steroidal anti-inflammatory
❖4-Vitamin AD3E.
1-Local Antibiotic &Antiseptic
❖The interdigital tissue should be cleaned, debrided, and
❖disinfected.
❖Formalin 10% or copper sulphat20%.
❖Use of an antibiotic spray.
❖جلاعلا متيىعضوملا ليلاحم مادختساب10 % وأ نيلامروف20 % وأ أااحنلا تااتيربك
عب ليلاحملا هذه يف فلاظلأا لسغ متي ثيح ،نيسيامارتلاو نيسيمورولكلل لولحم اهفيظنت د
ىالإ ماانغلأا لاقن باجي جلااعلا دعبو ،ةنرقتملا ءازجلأا ميلقتو ةيرخنلا قطانملا ةلازإو نااكم
فاج.
2-Systemic Antibiotic
❖Penicillin and oxytetracycline are effective antibiotics
if started early in the disease process and given at the
❖recommended dosage.
❖Sulfonamides (either intravenously or as a bolus) work
well too.
Antibiotic in sheep
جلاعلل ةتشور
1-Systemic antibiotic (Pencilline/Streptomycin):
R / Pentomycine2 ml/50 Kg B.wtI/M for 5-7 days
2-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory
R/ Dexamethasone 5 ml I/V.
3-Supportive therapy (Vitamins)
R/ (AD3E+C) 15 ml/I/M.
4-Foot path:
All necrotic tissue must be removed and the area must be
treated with foot bath (zinc sulphate 10%).
Foot Pathing
Zinc Supplementation
❖Providing a balanced diet that includes supplementing
cattle nutrition programs with zinc .
❖Zinc methionine at a minimum recommended level of 360
mg zinc per head per day helps increase the animal’s
resilience to clinical disease by maintaining good skin
integrity and improving immune function.
❖كنزلاب ةيشاملا ةيذغت جمارب ةلمكت نمضتي نزاوتم يئاذغ ماظن ريفوت.
❖ وهو هب ىصوملا ىندلأا دحلا دنع كنزلا نينويثيم دعاسي360 أأر لكل كنزلا نم غلم
ىلع ظافحلا للاخ نم ةيريرسلا ضارملأا ةمواقم ىلع ناويحلا ةردق ةدايز ىلع اًيموي
ةعانملا فئاظو نيسحتو ةديجلا دلجلا ةملاس.
1-Foot Pathing(Zinc Sulphate )
Zinc Sulphate at 10% is the most
common treatment option.
كنزلا تاتيربك لولحم ريضحت ةقيرط
❖A 10 % solution is made by mixing 1 kg zinc sulphate
powder to 9 liters of water.
❖The depth of the solution should be 5 cm or greater
2-Foot Pathing(Copper Sulphate)
Solution of copper salts used for foot
bathing every 2 weeks for 15 minutes.
A 10 liter container is diluted in 100
liters of water.
This product is effective and gives a
longer period of protection between
applications/bathing
3-Formalin3%
Solution of formalin 3%used for foot
bathing .
This product is not safe
❖The recommended minimum contact
time is 5-10 minutes.
❖Prolonged soaking of up to 1 hour is
recommended for higher value animals.
Important Notes
❖•Foot bathing alone will not eradicate foo trot and should
only be used as part of a whole-farm control and eradication
program as planned with your local Animal Health Adviser
or veterinarian.
•مامحمدقلاهدحونليضقيىلعتايرطفمدقلابجيوهمادختساطقفءزجكنمنربجما
ةحفاكملاصئتساوةعرزملااهلمكأبامكوهططخمعمراشتسمةحصناويحلايلحملاأو
بيبطلايرطيبلا.
Important Notes
❖Sheep may be stood in a foot bath for up to an hour.
❖This is very time consuming but may be worthwhile for
high value animals (e.g. rams).
❖ • •ةعاس ىلإ لصت ةدمل مدقلا مامح يف مانغلأا عضو نكمي .
❖يلاعلا ةميقلا تاذ تاناويحلل اًديفم نوكي دق هنكلو ًلايوط اًتقو اذه قرغتسي ة( لثم
شابكلا.)
Important Notes
❖•Sheep should not be foot bathed for 6 weeks prior to the
first summer inspection as it may reduce the chance of
detecting infected sheep.
❖ ةدمل مانغلأا مادقأ ميمحت يغبني لا6قي دق كلذ نلأ لولأا يفيصلا صحفلا لبق عيباسأ لل
ةباصملا مانغلأا فاشتكا ةصرف نم.
Foot Pathing
Foot bathing is most
effective if the sheep have
clean, hard standing
available afterwards. All
equipment must be clean
before use.
Trimming of the claws
is recommended to
remove excess tissue
that provides a place
for the bacteria to
thrive.
Prevention
Prevention
❖Do not buy lame animals and thoroughly inspect the feet of
all animals before purchase.
❖All new purchases and all animals that have left the farm
and returned should be quarantined for 30 days.
❖Provide good drainage in pastures and paddocks and keep
the barn clean and dry.
❖Also, practice regular hoof trimming and good hoof care
and management.
Prevention
❖Feet should be trimmed and soaked in foot baths of zinc
sulfate or copper sulfate.
❖Regular foot trimming (at least one to two times per year)
reduces the number of crevices where bacteria can live,
removes infected hoof, and exposes the organism to air and
various medications.
❖Always disinfect trimming instruments between animals to
prevent spreading foot rot.