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SHEEP PRODUCTIVITY REDUCTION AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES IN CASE OF INTERDIGITAL GLAND IMPAIRMENT

The usage of pastures in sheep feeding technology leads to frequent cases of limb lesions caused by inflammation of the interdigital gland. The aim of the research was to carry out a comparative assessment of clinical manifestation and various methods of inflammation treatment of sheep interdigital gland. The work was carried out in economic and production conditions of sheep breeding enterprises in Stepnovsky district of the Stavropol Territory. In order to identify sick animals with interdigital gland inflammation, a surgical clinical examination of the animals was carried out in summer and winter periods. After medical examination, the sick animals were isolated into separate cages and divided into 3 groups: Group I with the initial stage of the disease; Group II with purulent inflammation; Group III with complications (corolla phlegmon, purulent pododermatitis, purulent laminitis). It was found that during the illness and treatment period, depending on the time of year and the severity of the disease, the animal loses up to 10% of its live weight with I and II treatment methods and with method III - up to 25%. At the end of the study, it was noted visually that wool shearing per animal decreased by 0.9 kg as a result of depletion in groups I and II, and in the third - by 0.5 kg. It is caused by the animal lameness, appetite decrease and increased body temperature. According to the results of the work, 68 animals with interdigital gland inflammation were detected from 1000 heads of sheep in the summer, which amounted to 6.8%. In winter, 18 sick animals out of 720 heads were identified, which is 2.5%. The interdigital gland impairment was found in adult sheep (4.5% in summer, 1.9% in winter) more often than in lambs (2.3% and 0.5%, respectively). We determined that the most effective way to treat interdigital gland inflammation is its extirpation using a complex powder.