COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE TREATMENT AND INCIDENCE OF FOOTROT IN SHEEP IN MUŞ AND ITS REGION

In the present study, in 2016-2017 years, a total of 10604 animals including 6031 Morkaraman and 4573 Akkaraman sheep were examined. It was determined that 969 of them had footrot disease and the disease was present in flocks with a rate of 9.14%. According to race-age-sex, percentage calculations were done. It was observed that Morkaraman sheep were more resistant to footrot compared to Akkaraman sheep (%8.47<%10.02) according to the race base. Ca, P, Zn and Cu elements and their amounts were correlated with each other in the blood serums of the diseased and healthy animals and depending on the disease it was recorded that there was an increase in the value of copper, but a decrease in the value of zinc. In this study, animals were divided into five groups to compare the effects of treatments. The group I was treated with Ceftiofur+Flunixin-meglumine, the group II with 10% copper sulphate (CuSO4)+Flunixin-meglumine, the group III with only 10% CuSO4 while the group IV was the control group having no treatment. On the other hand, Group V was given vaccination. Whereas the best treatment was provided in group I (90%); the recovery rate was 60% in the group II and 20% in the group III. An improvement of 10% was achieved in the group IV without treatment. Therefore, it can be inferred that the foot bathing of 10% CuSO4 isn’t enough to treat the disease considering the labor, time and expenses. The treatment must be continued with an antibiotic agent. The efficiency of a parenteral Ceftiofur active antibiotic which doesn’t pass into milk, with an anti-inflammatory Flunixin-meglumine on treating the disease in a short time is thought to benefit the breeders in many ways in the treatment of the footrot due to easy access to the medicine and application of it by the breeders with peace of mind. In Group V, successful results were obtained from vaccine application. However, application of 10% CuSO4 could be considered as a preventive measure for the prevention of the disease.