Flock together.A FOUR-year study across 39 UK sheep flocks suggests that a whole flock control programme using vaccines and antibiotics is the best way to treat footrot. Infected sheep should be given an antibiotic injection and walked through a footbath foot·bath n. A small bath, such as a basin or shallow pool, for washing or disinfecting the feet. Noun 1. footbath - a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet every five days. After three footbaths, any sheep that have not responded should be culled, while uninfected sheep should be moved onto clean grazing. Vaccination with drugs like Footvax is important because sheep do not produce a natural antibody nat·u·ral antibody n. See normal antibody. natural antibody Normal antibody An antibody present in the circulation, without prior exposure to its cognate antigen response to D nodosus, the bacteria causing footrot, said Schering-Plough |
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