Digital dermatitis, especially hairy heel wart, used to be only thought of as a problem in dairy cows, but it seems to be more of a problem with beef cattle. The problem can cause losses in performance and sometimes even death in feedlot cattle.
Terry Engelken, professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine at Iowa State University, says hairy heel warts are caused by one or more pathogens, which cause lesions on the skin of the back side of the foot, and nearly 90% of the time are present on the back…
