Necrosis and sloughing of skin associated with limb cellulitis in four cows and a calf: predisposing causes, treatment and prognosis
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1991Author
Nguhiu-Mwangi, JA
Mbithi, PMF
Mbiuki, SM
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Four cows and a calf with non-suppurative limb cellulitis were
observed subsequently to suffer skin necrosis and sloughing in the
affected limbs, either on or distal to the metacarpus or metatarsus.
In comparison with six cows with suppurative Corynebacterium
pyogenes limb cellulitis, topical therapy or the cases with skin
necrosis and sloughing was adequate and the prognosis was good,
when compared with the rigorous systemic therapy applied to the
cows with suppurative cellulitis, some of which died. The skin
necrosis and sloughing resulting from limb cellulitis seemed to be
encouraged by the paucity of tissue between the skin and the
bone, by the poor vascularity of the area, and by the causative
bacteria.
Citation
Veterinary Record (1991) 129, 192-195Publisher
Department of clinical studies