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Digital Dermatitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Digital Dermatitis
Tree Number(s)
C01.150.252.819.180
C01.800.720.180
C17.800.838.765.180
C22.214
Unique ID
D058066
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058066
Annotation
animal only; coordinate IM with appropriate infection term (IM) + precoordinated animal/disease term (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note
Highly contagious infectious dermatitis with lesions near the interdigital spaces usually in cattle. It causes discomfort and often severe lameness (LAMENESS, ANIMAL). Lesions can be either erosive or proliferative and wart-like with papillary growths and hypertrophied hairs. DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS and TREPONEMA are the most commonly associated causative agents for this mixed bacterial infection disease.
Entry Term(s)
Bovine Digital Dermatitis
Bovine Foot Warts
Bovine Hairy Footwarts
Digital Papillomatosis
Ovine Digital Dermatitis
Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis
Previous Indexing
Cattle Diseases (1987-2010)
Dermatitis (1987-2010)
See Also
Dichelobacter nodosus
Foot Rot
Treponema
Public MeSH Note
2011
History Note
2011
Date Established
2011/01/01
Date of Entry
2010/06/25
Revision Date
2019/06/17
Digital Dermatitis Preferred
Bovine Digital Dermatitis Narrower
Ovine Digital Dermatitis Narrower
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