Mortellaro’s disease: cattle morbidity and treatment experience in farms in the Krasnoyarsk territory

Mortellaro’s disease is one of the most common hoof pathologies in cows of bacterial etiology. The paper presents the analysis results of the incidence, etiology and efficiency of preventive and curative interventions for Mortellaro’s disease in cattle in the conditions of farms in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This disease was identified for 20.5 % of animals with hoof pathologies. The high morbidity level of Mortellaro’s disease is associated with errors in preventive measures. The main reason for the occurrence of disease is the lack of proper exercise for cows and the ignorance of zoo-hygienic standards for cow keeping. The applied pathology treatment regimens, including etiotropic, symptomatic and pathogenetic therapies, were found for the high efficiency.