This article was originally published with the title “Foot Rot in Sheep” inScientific American Magazine Vol. 10 No. 23(February 1855), p. 179doi:10.1038/scientificamerican02171855-179c ...

Foot rot in sheep can be one of the most costly and frustrating issues a shepherd has to deal with. Foot rot is a contagious and infectious organism that is passed from animal t animal through the ...

Books Received Published: 13 October 1892 Contagious Foot Rot in Sheep W. T. Nature 46, 560–561 (1892) Cite this article ...

Additionally, Foot rot can be controlled naturally by breeding for sheep with this natural resistance. A vaccine against the disease is available, although this method of prevention can be expensive.

Weaning/growing: vaccinate against foot-rot at weaning if not done during scanning. If animals were vaccinated at scanning time, a booster vaccination may be required.

A Victorian merino stud has bred its first line of footrot-resistant rams in a major step forward against a disease that costs the sheep industry more than $80 million a year.

Sheep are usually more severely affected than goats. It is estimated that five to 10 per cent of infected sheep become chronic carriers of foot rot.