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Farmers’ practices, motivators and barriers for adoption of treatments of digital dermatitis in dairy farms

open access: yesAnimal, 2013
This study aimed to catalogue the digital dermatitis (DD) treatment practices used by French dairy farmers and to identify the motivators and barriers to the adoption of these treatments. A semi-structured survey was conducted involving 65 farmers in the
A. Relun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Dermatitis in Dairy Cows: A Review of Risk Factors and Potential Sources of Between-Animal Variation in Susceptibility

open access: yesAnimals, 2015
Digital dermatitis (DD) is a bacterial disease that primarily affects the skin on the heels of cattle. It is a major cause of lameness in dairy cows and a significant problem for the dairy industry in many countries, causing reduced animal welfare and ...
Maeve A. Palmer, Niamh E. O'Connell
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Bandaging in the treatment of Digital Dermatitis

open access: yesFolia Veterinaria, 2021
The aim of this study was to compare two different methods for the treatment of digital dermatitis (DD) in dairy cows. Moreover, both treatment methods were tested if they could stop the recurrences of DD in the same patient.
Mudroň P., Coles L. L., Réková P.
doaj   +1 more source

Engagement, Retention, and Acceptability in a Digital Health Program for Atopic Dermatitis: Prospective Interventional Study

open access: yesJMIR Formative Research, 2023
BackgroundPatients with atopic dermatitis can experience chronic eczema with pruritus, skin pain, sleep problems, anxiety, and other problems that reduce their quality of life (QoL).
Sigrídur Lára Gudmundsdóttir   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Presence of Treponema spp. in Equine Hoof Canker Biopsies and Skin Samples from Bovine Digital Dermatitis Lesions

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Equine hoof canker and bovine digital dermatitis are infectious inflammatory diseases of the hooves with an unknown etiology. However, anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema are considered to be potential etiological agents.
Paulína Marčeková   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of digital dermatitis on hoof conformation [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Dairy Science, 2015
Digital dermatitis (DD) is the most prevalent cause of lameness of infectious origin in cattle. However, little is known about the effects of DD on hoof conformation (HC) during the clinical disease. The objectives of the present study were to (1) evaluate the changes in HC observed in feet affected with clinical DD lesions and (2) investigate the ...
A, Gomez   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Randomised Non-inferiority Trial on the Effect of an Antibiotic or Non-antibiotic Topical Treatment Protocol for Digital Dermatitis in Dairy Cattle

open access: yesVeterinary Evidence, 2017
Objective:Investigation of the therapeutic effect of a protocol using non-antibiotic Intra Epidine (IE) spray containing copper and zinc chelate on M2 digital dermatitis (DD) lesions compared to a treatment protocol using antibiotic chlortetracycline ...
Amarins Dotinga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meta-Analysis of Bovine Digital Dermatitis Microbiota Reveals Distinct Microbial Community Structures Associated With Lesions

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Bovine digital dermatitis (DD) is a significant cause of infectious lameness and economic losses in cattle production across the world. There is a lack of a consensus across different 16S metagenomic studies on DD-associated bacteria that may be ...
Ben Caddey, Jeroen De Buck
doaj   +1 more source

M-score and wound healing assessment of 2 nonantibiotic topical gel treatments of active digital dermatitis lesions in dairy cattle

open access: yesJournal of Dairy Science, 2022
: This open-label, randomized clinical trial with positive control compared the treatment of active digital dermatitis (DD) lesions (stages M1, M2, and M4.1) on dairy cattle hind feet with an enzyme alginogel or a copper and zinc chelate gel (coppergel).
A. Vanhoudt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of slurry on skin permeability to methylene blue dye in dairy cows with and without a history of digital dermatitis

open access: yesAnimal, 2013
This study aimed to determine whether there was a difference in skin permeability to methylene blue dye or skin morphology between dairy cows that differed in their susceptibility to digital dermatitis (DD) and to assess the effect of contact with slurry
M.A. Palmer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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