Characterization of the Hoof Bacterial Communities of Active Digital Dermatitis Lesions in Feedlot Cattle.

ABSTRACT: Digital dermatitis (DD) is a costly hoof infection, causing lameness and pain in feedlot cattle. DD lesions can develop nonlinearly through a series of clinical stages, which can be classified by Dopfer's M-stage scoring system. This widely adopted lesion scoring system recognizes five DD stages, where M1 (early lesion), M2 (acute ulcerative lesion), and M4.1 (chronic proliferative lesion with new developing lesion) are considered active but separate stages of the disease. This study assessed the skin surface microbiota of the active DD lesions of feedlot cattle. The DD lesions from three commercial feedlots were swabbed and then scored according to Dopfer's M-stage scoring system. Swab samples were collected from 12 M2- and 15 M4.1-stage lesions. A total of 21 control swab samples from he

SUBMITTER: Wong NST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11278616 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature