Testing of therapeutic and hygienic agents in prevention and treatment of diseases of cow hooves

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to test medical and hygienic agents for prevention and therapy of diseases of cow hooves. The objects of research were five groups of black-and-white cows of ten heads each with various forms of lesions with digital dermatitis. Animals of the 1st experimental group were passed through disinfection bath with 10% aqueous solution of CuSO4 twice a week, in the treatment of finger dermatitis of cows of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th experimental groups, respectively, therapeutic and hygienic means Solka, Espuarol-Gel and Espuarol-Sin were used.The hematological indices of cows of the 3rd experimental group against the background of the use of Espuarol-Gel entered physiological norms earlier than those of their peers of the 2nd and 4th experimental groups, in the treatment of hoof diseases of which they used Solka and Espuarol-Sin. Espuarol-Gel tested in leading cattle-breeding enterprises of the Chuvash Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan has a more pronounced therapeutic effect, providing a bactericidal effect on pathogens of cow hoofs, expressed in a decrease in the total group assessment of limb condition by 8.9%, the total claudication score by 13.7 %, and the total diameter of lesions by 4.1%, rather than Espuarol-Sin.

Comparative effectiveness of preventive medical care when orthopedic pathologies in cows

“…Studies show that hoof pathology is a polygenic and multifactorial disease, so therapy program should be aimed at the complex prevention of this pathology. The development of safe and effective means and methods of its application for care and prevention of orthopedic pathologies in cows is of great veterinary, zoohygienic and economic importance [2,7].…”

“…In modern conditions of dairy farming, cattle limbs diseases cause considerable economic damage to the commercial farm units. The mechanism of mass limbs diseases, including hooves is a complex of various causes: all-year zero pasture of animals, high contamination of premises, manure gutters, pens and places of cow alley, inadequate, insufficient and unbalanced feeding, low level of preventive medical care [1,2,3].…”

Application of Medical and Hygienic Agents in Prevention of Lameness and Treatment of Hoof Diseases in Cows

“…By the incidence of pathology associated with the distal segment of extremities, they occupy the third place after mastitis diseases and reproduction issues [4]. Mortellaro's disease, pododermatitis, sole ulcer, laminitis, and many other hoof diseases make the veterinarian of any farm shudder at their mention.…”

“…A constant high percentage of culling in animals indicates a complex, multifactorial etiology of limb lesion, which has an organizational, infectious and non-infectious nature, and the insufficient effectiveness of the treatment and preventive measures. Therefore, scientists and experts around the world focus on finding medical and hygienic means and methods for the prevention of lameness and the treatment of hoof diseases in cows [4,5,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].…”