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Definition of Footrot
1. Noun. (veterinary medicine) A hoof infection, infectious pododermatitis, that is commonly found in sheep, goat, and cattle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Footrot
1. a sheep infection [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footrot
Literary usage of Footrot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Sheep: Breeds and Management by William James Clarke (1907)
"footrot is a highly contagious disease, although at times it makes its appearance
through other channels than by direct contagion. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of by Vermont Supreme Court (1869)
"It also appeared that when sheep run in wet and muddy places their feet become
sore, something like footrot, but this is not so injurious and is readily ..."
3. Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge by Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort, Wim Hiemstra (1996)
"Thus testing remedies for scabies should have priority over footrot and other
diseases. We mentioned above that dosages and treatment schedules are often ..."
4. Farm Animals: Covering the General Field of Animal Industry by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, Charles William Burkett (1914)
"footrot in sheep.—A chronic inflammation of the foot, ... Mild cases are best
treated by making the footrot sheep stand for several minutes daily in a ..."
5. In Foreign Fields: Sketches of Travel in South America and Western Europe by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1913)
"We talked of stomach worms, too, and of footrot, and of type in sheep, and I
learned that ... The cure for footrot is the result of years of trial, as well. ..."
6. British Farmer's Magazine (1863)
"90s., picture of s group of Herefords £25, footrot ointment li. 6d., cattle
cordial 2s. 60, mange ball' for dogs 2s. per doten, churn to mike 4lb>. butter ..."
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