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Diagnosis of white line lesions in sheep
Author(s) -
Winter Agnes
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.31.1.17
Subject(s) - lameness , flock , medicine , foot rot , animal welfare , white (mutation) , foot (prosody) , veterinary medicine , surgery , biology , ecology , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , gene
FOOT problems and associated lameness in sheep can have important welfare and economic consequences and can be challenging to manage both for clinicians and those involved in sheep production. White line lesions, sometimes causing lameness, are common in many flocks and are often misdiagnosed, which can lead to the administration of inappropriate or ineffective treatments, incur unnecessary costs and result in client dissatisfaction. Such lesions can affect a wide range of age groups, including lambs as young as one to two months of age, rams and pregnant and non‐pregnant ewes, indicating that a variety of predisposing factors are likely to be involved. This article describes and illustrates white line lesions in sheep to help farmers and veterinary surgeons make a correct diagnosis.