A randomized trial for evaluation of bandaging sole abscesses in cattle
White, M.E.; Glickman, L.T.; Embree, I.C.; Powers, P.M.; Pearson, E.G.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 178(4): 375-377
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 7016819 Document Number: 170177
A randomized clinical trial of treatment of sole abscess 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.