Gulaydin Ali, Gulaydin Ozgul, Yesilyurt Muazzez, Sindak Nihat, Akgul Mustafa Baris, Yildirim Onur
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkiye.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkiye.
Vet Med (Praha). 2025 Feb 24;70(2):54-67. doi: 10.17221/81/2024-VETMED. eCollection 2025 Feb.
Foot diseases are one of the leading health problems that lead to significant yield losses in small ruminant breeding. This study aimed to clinically evaluate foot diseases in sheep and goats reared in Siirt province of Türkiye and its surrounding districts. Molecular methods were used to investigate the presence of serogroups and spp. phylogroups in cases with identified lesions. Clinical examination of 4 111 sheep and goats identified foot diseases in 402 animals, affecting a total of 410 feet. Contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) and digital dermatitis (DD) cases were identified in 66.82% and 26.82% of diseased feet, respectively. Footrot lesions were found in 4.87% of the feet in which the disease was identified. was detected in 66.23% of swab samples collected from 77 CODD cases, whereas spp. was identified in 2.59% of the samples. Among DD cases ( = 110), was found in 35.45% and spp. in 17.27% (Group 1 = 1.81%, Group 2 = 15.45%). The majority of strains identified in the cases ( = 90) were classified as serogroup A (37.77%) and serogroup D (60.00%). This study revealed that CODD is a major problem in small ruminant breeding in the Siirt province and its districts. It was determined that serogroup A, D and spp Group 2 strains played an important role in the aetiology of foot diseases in sheep and goats. This study represents the first comprehensive investigation of foot diseases in sheep and goats in the Siirt province and marks a significant milestone as the first study in Türkiye to identify and analyse the aetiology causes of CODD in the literature.
足部疾病是导致小反刍动物养殖产量大幅损失的主要健康问题之一。本研究旨在对土耳其锡尔特省及其周边地区饲养的绵羊和山羊的足部疾病进行临床评估。采用分子方法调查确诊病变病例中血清群和特定菌属系统发育群的存在情况。对4111只绵羊和山羊进行临床检查，发现402只动物患有足部疾病，共计410只脚受影响。传染性羊指皮炎（CODD）和指皮炎（DD）病例分别占患病足部的66.82%和26.82%。在确诊疾病的足部中，腐蹄病病变占4.87%。从77例CODD病例采集的拭子样本中，66.23%检测到特定菌属，而在2.59%的样本中鉴定出另一种特定菌属。在DD病例（n = 110）中，35.45%检测到一种特定菌属，17.27%检测到另一种特定菌属（第1组 = 1.81%，第2组 = 15.45%）。在病例（n = 90）中鉴定出的大多数特定菌属菌株被分类为A血清群（37.77%）和D血清群（60.00%）。本研究表明，CODD是锡尔特省及其周边地区小反刍动物养殖中的一个主要问题。已确定A血清群、D血清群和特定菌属第2组菌株在绵羊和山羊足部疾病的病因中起重要作用。本研究是对锡尔特省绵羊和山羊足部疾病的首次全面调查，也是土耳其文献中首次鉴定和分析CODD病因的研究，具有重要的里程碑意义。
