[Non-antibiotic treatment of interdigital hyperplasia secondary infected with digital dermatitis treponemes in dairy cows].

Alsaaod, Maher; Plüss, Jeanette; Studer, Eveline; Steiner, Adrian (2021). [Non-antibiotic treatment of interdigital hyperplasia secondary infected with digital dermatitis treponemes in dairy cows]. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 163(12), pp. 871-875. Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte 10.17236/sat00333

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INTRODUCTION

Since the spread of classical digital dermatitis (DD) lesions within the cattle population, frequency of infections of interdigital hyperplasia (IH) lesions with DD-associated Treponema spp. (IH+DD) increased. The aim of the present case series is to describe an alternative treatment technique to surgical lesion removal or local treatment of HI+DD lesions with antibiotics. In this report, the effect of repeated local administration of salicylic acid paste, protected by a water repellent bandage was described and assessed for the treatment of four dairy cows with IH+DD lesions. Milker's fat Eutra was applied to the unaffected skin adjacent to the lesion to protect healthy skin from the keratolytic properties of salicylic acid paste. Treatment was repeated at weekly intervals in all four cases until the IH+DD lesions had completely clinically healed. Two cows additionally showed classical DD lesions between the heels. Clinical healing was defined as remission of IH and complete healing of the DD lesions located on IH lesions and between the heels. Complete healing was evident at three weeks of treatment in all four cases. Weekly repeated topical application of salicylic acid paste under bandage may be recommended as an alternative to surgical or antibiotic treatment of IH+DD lesions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > Clinic for Ruminants

UniBE Contributor:

Alsaaod, Maher, Plüss, Jeanette, Studer, Eveline, Steiner, Adrian

Subjects:

500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

1664-2848

Publisher:

Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte

Language:

German

Submitter:

Nathalie Viviane Zollinger

Date Deposited:

23 Dec 2021 13:58

Last Modified:

27 Oct 2023 10:36

Publisher DOI:

10.17236/sat00333

PubMed ID:

34881719

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Dermatite digitale Dermatitis digitalis Digitalis dermatitis Hyperplasia interdigitalis Rind Salicylsäurepaste Treponema spp. bovin bovini cattle hyperplasie interdigitée interdigital hyperplasia iperplasia interdigitale pasta di acido salicilico pâte à base d'acide salicylique salicylic acid paste

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/163055

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/163055

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