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Looking after the individual to reduce disease in the flock : a binomial mixed effects model investigating the impact of individual sheep management of footrot and interdigital dermatitis in a prospective longitudinal study on one farm
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Green, Laura E., Wassink, G. J., Grogono-Thomas, Rosemary, Moore, Lynda J. and Medley, Graham (2007) Looking after the individual to reduce disease in the flock : a binomial mixed effects model investigating the impact of individual sheep management of footrot and interdigital dermatitis in a prospective longitudinal study on one farm. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Vol.78 (No.2). pp. 172-178. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.09.005 ISSN 0167-5877.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.09.005
Abstract
A total of 160 ewes on one farm in England were studied for 18 months. The incidence of footrot and interdigital dermatitis in individually identified sheep and treatment and flock control measures were recorded. A binomial mixed effect model with the incidence of footrot or interdigital dermatitis as the outcome was used to investigate patterns of association between treatments, flock control measures and the incidence of footrot or interdigital dermatitis. In this one flock, the incidence of footrot and interdigital dermatitis was positively associated with the incidence of footrot and interdigital dermatitis and with trimming of feet and negatively associated with the use of parenteral antibiotics and topical antibiotic sprays in either the first and/or second 2-week period prior to the incidence of interest. These results provide two hypotheses: one that 'footrot and interdigital dermatitis are infectious diseases that can be controlled, in part, through the use of antibiotic therapy, which acts to reduce the infectious period of diseased sheep' and two, that 'routine trimming of diseased and healthy feet exacerbate disease, through environmental contamination and/or through increased susceptibility of sheep with recently trimmed feet'. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | S Agriculture > SF Animal culture | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0167-5877 | ||||
Official Date: | 16 February 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.78 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 172-178 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.09.005 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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