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Diagnosing and managing footrot in sheep : an update

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Green, Laura E. and Clifton, Rachel (2018) Diagnosing and managing footrot in sheep : an update. In Practice, 40 (1). pp. 17-26. doi:10.1136/inp.j4575 ISSN 0263-841X.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/inp.j4575

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Abstract

In 2011, the Farm Animal Welfare Council proposed that by 2021 the prevalence of lameness in a flock of sheep should average less than 2 per cent. This has been made possible using the considerable amount of UK research into lameness, and footrot in particular, that has occurred since 2000. The average prevalence of lameness has already fallen as farmers adopt new recommended management practices: in 2004 the average prevalence of lameness was 10.2 per cent. By 2013 this had fallen to 3.5 per cent. This article summarises the current recommended approaches to diagnosis, treatment and control of footrot in sheep. It highlights that routine foot trimming is an unnecessary and potentially harmful procedure that contributes to the prevalence of lameness in some flocks. Where farmers practise the recommended management techniques the prevalence of lameness has been shown to fall to 2 per cent.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Footrot in sheep -- Prevention -- Great Britain, Footrot in sheep -- Treatment -- Great Britain, Lameness in sheep
Journal or Publication Title: In Practice
Publisher: B M J Group
ISSN: 0263-841X
Official Date: 27 January 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
27 January 2018Published
24 April 2017Accepted
Volume: 40
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 17-26
DOI: 10.1136/inp.j4575
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 5 February 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 5 February 2018

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