A Uniform protocol for evaluating response to treatment of papillomatous digital dermatitis lesions

Authors

  • Jenks S. Britt School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, WI 53706-1102
  • Steven L. Berry Animal Science Extension, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8521
  • Jan Shearer University of Florida, Box 100136, Gainesville, FL 32610-0136
  • Tom Hemling WestAgro, 501 Santa Fe, Kansas City, MO 64105
  • Barry Steevens University of Missouri, Dairy Extension, S-134 Animal Sciences Center, Columbia, MO 65211
  • Monika Dreher Lampertsweiler, Ba-Wu; Utrecht University; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol33no2p149-154

Keywords:

dermatitis, digits, foot diseases, interdigital dermatitis, lesions, methodology, skin diseases, therapy

Abstract

Digital dermatitis or papillomatous digital dermatitis (PDD), commonly known as footwarts or hairy heel warts, was first reported in Italy in 197 4 and in New York in the late 1970's. Similar lesions have occurred in 40 or more states in the United States and many other countries. The etiology of this disease is unknown, however, two to five phylotypes of spirochetes (Treponema sp.) have been associated with active lesions and identified by using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), histologic, or microbiological methods.

The purpose of this paper is to develop a uniform protocol which can be used to evaluate results of treatment to control PDD lesions. The remainder of this paper lists our suggestions for information which should be included in each trial protocol.

Author Biography

Jenks S. Britt, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2015 Linden Drive West, Madison, WI 53706-1102

Current address: Department of Agriculture, Western Kentucky Univeristy, Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576

Cover image of Volume 33, No.2 of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the Nashville skyline at dusk.

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Published

1999-05-01

How to Cite

Britt, J. S., Berry, S. L., Shearer, J., Hemling, T., Steevens, B., & Dreher, M. (1999). A Uniform protocol for evaluating response to treatment of papillomatous digital dermatitis lesions. The Bovine Practitioner, 33(2), 149–154. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol33no2p149-154

Issue

Vol. 33, No. 2 (1999 May)

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