virulent foot rot

virulent foot rot
foot rot of sheep with chronic necrosis of the hoof and underlying dermis, destruction and eventual detachment of the hoof, lameness, and recumbency. The cause is usually a combined infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum and Bacteroides nodosus, and it is worse in wet or cold weather or in a soggy pasture. Called also contagious foot r.

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