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Table 1 Digital dermatitis lesion results from hind feet at the beginning and at the end of trial for acidified CuSO4 and ozonated water groups

From: Comparison of ozonated water and acidified copper sulphate in prevention of digital dermatitis in dairy cows

Lesion

Number of lesions in acidified CuSO4 group in the beginning of trial

Number of lesions in acidified CuSO4 at the end of trial

Number of lesions in ozonated water group in the beginning of trial

Number of lesions in ozonated water group at the end of trial

Healthy (M0) (%)

145 (86.3%)

140 (88.3%)

117 (87.3%)

104 (77.6%)

Acute DD

M2a and M4.1a lesions (%)

12 (7.4%)

7 (4.2%)

15 (11.2%)

20 (14.9%)

M3a lesions, hypertrophic M4a lesions (%)

8 (4.8%)

15 (8.9%)

1 (0.8%)

7 (5.2%)

Proliferative M4a lesion (%)

3 (1.8%)

6 (3.6%)

1 (0.8%)

3 (2.2%)

  1. Digital dermatitis (DD) lesion results from hind feet at the beginning and at the end of trial for acidified CuSO4 and ozonated water groups. No M1 lesions were found. If a cow had an acute DD lesion between examinations, it was calculated among the lesions at the end of trial
  2. aBased on reports from Döpfer et al. [20], modified by Berry et al. [21]