COMPLEX TREATMENT OF COWS WITH PURULENT-NECROTIC ULCERS OF THE DISTAL PART LIMBS’

The search and implementation of the simplest, most accessible, effective, and economically justified means and methods of treating limb diseases in veterinary medicine is an urgent task today. This research paper shows data on the clinical picture and dynamics of planimetric indicators of healing of purulent- necrotic ulcerative lesions of hooves in sick cows. Experimental studies were conducted on the basis of LLC IWC “Krasnaya Zvezda” of the Ulyanovsk region, on cows with purulent-necrotic ulcers in the hoof area before treatment, the picture of ulcerative lesions of the extremities in all experimental animals was identical. Ulcers were localized in various areas of the pelvic limbs: the interdigital fissure, crumb, aureola, rudimentary fingers, etc. Thus, all animals were marked with severe and moderate lameness, deformed hooves (had a sharp-angled shape) and support on the hooked part of the hooves. The shapes and sizes of ulcerative lesions were different: from irregular oval-elongated to rounded, on average, the area of ulcerative defects before treatment was within 12,87…21,14 cm2. The surrounding tissues in the area of defects were tense, swollen, painful and hyperemic. Studies have shown that the use of synthetic sorption and antiseptic drugs in the complex treatment of cows with purulent-necrotic ulcers in the hoof area contributes to a faster localization of the inflammatory process in the hoof area in cows (in the experimental groups, clinical signs of lameness in patients disappeared on 10.20±1.937 and 11.00±1.065 days, and complete recovery of animals was recorded on 16.8±2.342 and 16.60±1,185 days, respectively), with simultaneous intensive reduction of the area of affected purulent-necrotic focus(by 7 days of treatment, the reduction of the area of ulcerative defects in the hoof area varied within 50.6.... 61.1%).