interdigital dermatitis

interdigital dermatitis
dermatitis of the interdigital skin of sheep, with exudate, varying amounts of necrotic skin, and lameness, due to infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum, Corynebacterium pyogenes, or Bacteroides nodosus. It is worse in cold or wet weather and may be a precursor of foot rot. Called also scald and foot scald.

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