Determination of Prevalence of Foot Diseases in the Cattle in A？r？ Province

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of foot diseases in cattle in A？r？ province. The study was carried out on a total of 1486 cattle of different breeds, ages and genders. Distribution of animals according to breeds were 34.66% (515 cases) Brown Swiss, 30.96% (460 cases) Simmental, 24.02% (357 cases) indigenous breed and 10.36% (154 cases) crossbreeds. Distribution of the cases among genders were 84.45% (1255 cases) females and 15.55% (231 cases) males. Foot diseases were found in 280 of 1486 cattle. Among the diseases determined were interdigital dermatitis in 29.45% (48 cases), digital dermatitis in 23.31% (38 cases), interdigital hyperplasia in 16.57% (27 cases), bruised sole in 15.95% (26 cases), fissured ungulae in 6.75% (11 cases), interdigital phlegmon in 3.68% (6 cases), sole ulcer in 2.45% (4 cases) and white line diseases in 1.84% (3 cases). In 11 cases (3.92%) only lesions were observed while in 117 cases (41.79%) only hoof deformities were determined. In 152 cases (54.29%) both lesions and hoof deformities, were determined. Lameness were observed 2.14% in the right forefoot, 4.29% in the left forefoot, 47.86% in the right hind foot and 45.71% in the left hind foot. The lesions were found to be located more frequently in the lateral hoof of the hind foot (55.73%) and in the medial hoof of the front foot (61.11%). According to the results of this research, the annual prevalence of foot diseases in cattle in A？r？ province was determined as 18.84% between 2016-2017