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AssigneesDantrace-Danfeed Ivs, Distributors Processing, Inc.
InventorJens Jorgen Pedersen
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There is disclosed a method of treating and preventing digital dermatitis in a herd of claw-bearing animals, in particular bovine digital dermatitis in a herd of cattle, comprising supplying zinc gluconate and copper gluconate to the feed of said herd in an amount between 35 to 500 mg zinc per kg dry feed per animal and between 5 and 40 mg copper per kg dry feed per animal and concomitantly treating any diagnosed digital dermatitis lesion in said herd of animals until the lesion is healed with a standard care topical treatment, in particular with a salicylic acid bandage topical treatment, continuing supplying zinc gluconate and copper gluconate to said herd and concomitantly treating any diagnosed lesion in said heard for at least 3 months, preferably for at least 6 months.
A method of treating and preventing digital dermatitis in a claw-bearing animal, comprising supplying zinc gluconate and copper gluconate for oral use in to the feed of said animal in an effective amount of zinc and copper, feeding said animal with said feed for a time period of at least 3 weeks, and concomitantly treating any diagnosed digital dermatitis lesion in said animal with a standard care topical treatment until said lesion is healed, wherein said zinc gluconate is administered in an amount of between 35 to 500 mg zinc per kg dry feed and said copper gluconate is administered in an amount of between 5 and 40 mg copper per kg dry feed.
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