Surprisingly we don't have all the answers to diseases

摘要

I like to think I have got a practical approach and an answer to tackling most diseases I see in cattle practice. My clients will usually agree I do always have an answer - but not necessarily the one they want to hear. However, there are a few conditions which on some days it seems as if we have not got a solution. The first of these is digital dermatitis. This condition now affects well above 90% of dairy herds accounting for 25% of all cases of lameness in its simple skin form and, more worryingly, the chronic horn form.