Foot pad dermatitis in Milk Cattle - Literature Review

Authors

  • Andressa Izabel Assis Freitas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n30.1193

Keywords:

the podal affections, milk cattle, Foot pad dermatitis

Abstract

The search for methods to reduce the costs of milk production has led farmers to adopt alteration measures of herd management, from extensive and semi-extensive to confinement system. However, due to this system, some issues related to the health of the hoofs and aplombs – can arise, causing  economical losses concerning the reduction of the animal’s useful life, decrease in milk production, loss of reproductive performance, or, in most serious cases, the animal’s early sacrifice. Among the podal affections, the foot pad dermatitis is one of the most frequent in the herds of dairy cattle, caused by the penetration of soil bacteria Dichelobacter nodosus and Fusobacterium necrophorus into some kind of initial lesion or micro lesion in sensitive parts of the bovine’s feet.

Published

2015-09-16

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Foot pad dermatitis in Milk Cattle - Literature Review. (2015). Pubvet, 5(30). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n30.1193