Foot Rot

1
Foot Rot

• Infection in the foot and surrounding hoof
• Must have a break in the skin for the bacteria
  (Sphaeophours Necrophorus) to enter
• Occurs worldwide
• Organism lives in the soil, occurs both in muddy
  and dry conditions

2
Symptoms

• Foot becomes warm (fever)
• Swelling (can go as high as the fetlock joint)
• Lameness
• Lose weight, milk production declines

3
Treatment

• Trim and clean foot
• Spray foot with iodine solution or coppertox
  (watch for adverse reaction to these)
• Treat with sulfonamides or antibiotics
• Animal should recover in a few days

4
Prevention

• Foot baths
• 2 to 5 copper sulfate solution ( do not use for
  sheep, Cu is toxic to sheep)
• Saturated zinc oxide solution
• Provide mineral supplement containing iodine
  (ethylenediamine dihydroiodide (EDDI) is the best
  source of iodine). Fed at the rate of 200 to 400
  mg/head/day in cattle feedlots prevent foot rot.
• Zinc supplementation had been shown to decrease
  the incidence of foot rot (ZinPro Zinc
  methionine)