Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: A study of duration of digital dermatitis lesions after treatment in a Danish dairy herd. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Brief communication A study of duration of digital dermatitis lesions after treatment in a Danish dairy herd Bodil H Nielsen Peter TThomsen and Jan T Sorensen Address Department of Animal Health and Bioscience Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Aarhus University Blichers Allé 20 DK-8830 Tjele Denmark Email Bodil H Nielsen - Peter T Thomsen - Jan T Sorensen - Corresponding author Open Access Published I July 2009 Received 25 February 2009 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavian 2009 51 27 doi 1751-0147-51 -27 Accepted 1 July 2009 This article is available from http content 51 1 27 2009 Nielsen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Digital dermatitis DD is a contagious disease of cattle affecting the skin adjacent to the claws. Disease dynamics of DD have been described to some extend but we still need to quantify the duration of lesions and look into non-treatment factors affecting this. The aim of this study was to estimate the duration of lesions due to DD and to evaluate parity and lactation stage as potential risk factors for longer duration of such lesions. An estimate of the duration of lesions will be a valuable parameter in the evaluation of the economic impact of the disease and will additionally allow estimates of incidence based on prevalence figures. From May 2007 until November 2008 lesions associated with DD in the hind legs of 151 Danish Holstein cows at the Danish Cattle Research Centre were clinically scored on fifteen occasions. The mean interval between recordings was 39 days.
