Mike Apley, DVM, discusses the importance of accurate case definitions, antibiotic stewardship and the differences between foot rot and hairy heal warts. His article is a good resource to include with fall VFD compliance visits.
Control and therapeutic approaches to foot rot and hairy heel wart in beef cattle can be quite different. Planning to recognize the difference between the two diseases, and having a plan for addressing each, is the start of the process.
Source: BEEF, September 5, 2018. Link.
The term “case definition” can sound pretty academic, but you use this approach every time you decide an animal has pneumonia, bloat, pinkeye, acidosis or foot rot.