Footbaths and digital dermatitis in dairy cattle

Being a Specialist in bovine health management, working on digital dermatitis (DD) for more than 20 years, and as first author of one of the studies referred to in a recent clinical decision making article,1 I wish to respond to the authors Marnie Brennan and Jenny Stavisky. In general, the objective of using footbaths with modern disinfectants is to prevent painful ulcerative lesions, both by being preventive and also by reducing the risk of chronic DD stages developing. …