A RANDOMIZED TRIAL FOR EVALUATION OF BANDAGING SOLE ABSCESSES IN CATTLE

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Abstract
A randomized clinical trial of treatment of sole abscess [pododermatitis] in cattle was conducted to determine whether bandaging a foot after debridement of an abscess improved outcome. Sixty-six feet from 63 cows were randomly allocated to bandaged or unbandaged groups. Clinical recovery was graded by comparison of lameness at initial examination and at 2 follow-up examinations. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups at entry into the trial or at 1 mo. after treatment. Unbandaged feet were significantly less lame 1 wk after treatment; this difference was attributed to rapid healing of small lesions in feet of cows in stanchion and tie-stall barns. There was no group in which bandaging improved outcome.

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