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Foot Rot

MedGen UID:: 4763
•Concept ID:: C0016513
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:

Foot Rots; Rot, Foot; Rots, Foot

Definition

A disease of the horny parts and of the adjacent soft structures of the feet of cattle, swine, and sheep. It is usually caused by Corynebacterium pyogenes or Bacteroides nodosus (see DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS). It is also known as interdigital necrobacillosis. (From Black''s Veterinary Dictionary, 18th ed) [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVFoot Rot

Animal Diseases
- Foot Rot

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Associations between sheep farmer attitudes, beliefs, emotions and personality, and their barriers to uptake of best practice: The example of footrot.

O'Kane H, Ferguson E, Kaler J, Green L
Prev Vet Med 2017 Apr 1;139(Pt B):123-133. Epub 2016 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.05.009. PMID: 27371994 Free PMC Article

How does reviewing the evidence change veterinary surgeons' beliefs regarding the treatment of ovine footrot? A quantitative and qualitative study.

Higgins HM, Green LE, Green MJ, Kaler J
PLoS One 2013;8(5):e64175. Epub 2013 May 16 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064175. PMID: 23696869 Free PMC Article

Footrot and interdigital dermatitis in sheep: farmer satisfaction with current management, their ideal management and sources used to adopt new strategies.

Wassink GJ, George TR, Kaler J, Green LE
Prev Vet Med 2010 Aug 1;96(1-2):65-73. Epub 2010 Jul 1 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.002. PMID: 20594602

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sympatric occurrence of sibling Phytophthora species associated with foot rot disease of black pepper in India.

Bhai RS, Jeevalatha A, Biju CN, Vinitha KB, Cissin J, Rosana OB, Fayad A, Praveena R, Anandaraj M, Eapen SJ
Braz J Microbiol 2022 Jun;53(2):801-818. Epub 2022 Feb 23 doi: 10.1007/s42770-022-00716-2. PMID: 35199325 Free PMC Article

Associations between sheep farmer attitudes, beliefs, emotions and personality, and their barriers to uptake of best practice: The example of footrot.

O'Kane H, Ferguson E, Kaler J, Green L
Prev Vet Med 2017 Apr 1;139(Pt B):123-133. Epub 2016 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.05.009. PMID: 27371994 Free PMC Article

Bumble Foot: A Rare Presentation of a Fusobacterium varium Infection of the Heel Pad in a Healthy Female.

Stransky O, Blum R, Brown W, Kruse D, Stone P
J Foot Ankle Surg 2016 Sep-Oct;55(5):1087-90. Epub 2015 Oct 9 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2015.08.015. PMID: 26456575

Footrot and interdigital dermatitis in sheep: farmers' practices, opinions and attitudes.

Wassink GJ, Moore LJ, Grogono-Thomas R, Green LE
Vet Rec 2005 Dec 10;157(24):761-5. doi: 10.1136/vr.157.24.761. PMID: 16339978

Effectiveness of small workshops for improving farmers' knowledge about ovine footrot.

Thompson GK, Larsen JW, Vizard AL
Aust Vet J 1999 May;77(5):318-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb10272.x. PMID: 10376104

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Diagnosis

Tolio: Foot Rot in Grand Canyon River Runners.

Myers TM, Bigler CJ, Maurer MB, Gaither ME, Taylor WM
Wilderness Environ Med 2020 Mar;31(1):82-86. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2019.09.003. PMID: 32008950

Bumble Foot: A Rare Presentation of a Fusobacterium varium Infection of the Heel Pad in a Healthy Female.

Stransky O, Blum R, Brown W, Kruse D, Stone P
J Foot Ankle Surg 2016 Sep-Oct;55(5):1087-90. Epub 2015 Oct 9 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2015.08.015. PMID: 26456575

Fusobacterial infections: an underestimated threat.

Roberts GL
Br J Biomed Sci 2000;57(2):156-62. PMID: 10912293

Effectiveness of small workshops for improving farmers' knowledge about ovine footrot.

Thompson GK, Larsen JW, Vizard AL
Aust Vet J 1999 May;77(5):318-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb10272.x. PMID: 10376104

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Therapy

Veterinary Medical Ethics.

Rollin BE
Can Vet J 2019 Feb;60(2):123-125. PMID: 30705447 Free PMC Article

Ximenia caffra Sond. (Ximeniaceae) in sub-Saharan Africa: A synthesis and review of its medicinal potential.

Maroyi A
J Ethnopharmacol 2016 May 26;184:81-100. Epub 2016 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.052. PMID: 26944235

Bumble Foot: A Rare Presentation of a Fusobacterium varium Infection of the Heel Pad in a Healthy Female.

Stransky O, Blum R, Brown W, Kruse D, Stone P
J Foot Ankle Surg 2016 Sep-Oct;55(5):1087-90. Epub 2015 Oct 9 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2015.08.015. PMID: 26456575

How does reviewing the evidence change veterinary surgeons' beliefs regarding the treatment of ovine footrot? A quantitative and qualitative study.

Higgins HM, Green LE, Green MJ, Kaler J
PLoS One 2013;8(5):e64175. Epub 2013 May 16 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064175. PMID: 23696869 Free PMC Article

Cephalosporins in veterinary medicine - ceftiofur use in food animals.

Hornish RE, Kotarski SF
Curr Top Med Chem 2002 Jul;2(7):717-31. doi: 10.2174/1568026023393679. PMID: 12052187

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Prognosis

Bumble Foot: A Rare Presentation of a Fusobacterium varium Infection of the Heel Pad in a Healthy Female.

Stransky O, Blum R, Brown W, Kruse D, Stone P
J Foot Ankle Surg 2016 Sep-Oct;55(5):1087-90. Epub 2015 Oct 9 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2015.08.015. PMID: 26456575

Studies of wound myiasis among sheep and goats in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt.

Amin AR, Shoukry A, Morsy TA, Mazyad SA
J Egypt Soc Parasitol 1997 Dec;27(3):719-37. PMID: 9425818

Measurement of disease in animal populations based on interviews.

Ruppanner R
J Am Vet Med Assoc 1972 Nov 1;161(9):1033-8. PMID: 4673368

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