Taking a tough stance on tackling lameness has been the only way West Sussex farmer Ryan Haydon has been able to almost eradicate foot-rot in his flock. Eight years ago, Mr Haydon, who runs 500 Beulah ...

Research into the relationship between contagious ovine digital dermatitis (Codd) and foot-rot showed that when Codd was introduced into flocks with healthy feet, 83.3% of Codd lesions developed in ...

Mary Irungu, a livestock farmer from Kiharu, Murang’a County recently noticed that three of her high producing animals had developed a ‘limping problem’. Ms Irungu who has kept cattle for years, was ...

THIS pamphlet is a reprint from the second part of the current volume of the Royal Agricultural Society's Journal. A few additional remarks on the prevention of foot rot have been added, and if the ...

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