i) Cause
- A bacterium or virus/ fusifermis SPP
ii) Symptoms
- Lameness/ inability to walk
- Selling of affected feet
- Wound and ulcers/ pus/ foul smelling in affected feet
- Anorexia/ loss of appetite
- Loss of weight/ emaciation
iii) Control
- Trim heaves regularly
- Keep grazing land free from sharp objects
- Avoid grazing sheep in swampy areas
- Apply feet bath using a disinfectant e.g copper sulphate solution
- Isolate sick ones from healthy ones
- Treat affected sheep to avoid spread
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