By Kofler, J. and Pospichal, M., Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift, 2003
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The efficacy of the non-antibiotic formulation Protexin(R) Hoof-Care containing metallic salts and organic acids, for local treatment of digital dermatitis was tested in twenty-six cases of acute stages of digital dermatitis. The control group (n = 26 cases) was treated with local oxytetracycline spray application. These fifty-two cases of digital dermatitis were selected from a total of fourty-seven dairy cows from eight different farms with slatted floors. The therapeutic effect was evaluated using a scoring system for weightbearing at stance, lameness at walk and pain of the digital dermatitis lesions. The pretreatment and control examination scores were documented on days 0, 4, 10 and 28 in these fifty-two cases. Both treatment regimens were efficient, no statistical differences regarding the examined parameters could be assessed between the group treated with the non-antibiotic Protexin(R) Hoof-Care paste and the group treated with topical oxytetracycline aerosol spray. At least on day 28, all digital dermatitis lesions in boths groups were completely healed, except four lesions which were not yet covered completely with new epithel, and showed still a slight or moderate pain. In one cow, the lesion was completely healed on day 10, but had recurred on day 28. Our data indicate that both local applications of the Protexin(R) Hoof-Care paste and the oxytetracycline aerosol spray had an identical efficacy for the treatment of digital dermatitis.
The efficacy of the non-antibiotic formulation Protexin(R) Hoof-Care containing metallic salts and organic acids, for local treatment of digital dermatitis was tested in twenty-six cases of acute stages of digital dermatitis. The control group (n = 26 cases) was treated with local oxytetracycline spray application. These fifty-two cases of digital dermatitis were selected from a total of fourty-seven dairy cows from eight different farms with slatted floors. The therapeutic effect was evaluated using a scoring system for weightbearing at stance, lameness at walk and pain of the digital dermatitis lesions. The pretreatment and control examination scores were documented on days 0, 4, 10 and 28 in these fifty-two cases. Both treatment regimens were efficient, no statistical differences regarding the examined parameters could be assessed between the group treated with the non-antibiotic Protexin(R) Hoof-Care paste and the group treated with topical oxytetracycline aerosol spray. At least on day 28, all digital dermatitis lesions in boths groups were completely healed, except four lesions which were not yet covered completely with new epithel, and showed still a slight or moderate pain. In one cow, the lesion was completely healed on day 10, but had recurred on day 28. Our data indicate that both local applications of the Protexin(R) Hoof-Care paste and the oxytetracycline aerosol spray had an identical efficacy for the treatment of digital dermatitis.
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