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Table 3 Description of classification of lesion severity

From: A case report of lameness in two dairy goat herds; a suspected combination of nutritional factors concurrent with treponeme infection

Severity

Description

Mild

Haemorrhage in the white line or the sole area of the foot (Fig. 2)

Moderate

Under running of the horn of wall or sole, sometimes with small areas of corium exposed (Fig. 3)

Severe

Large areas of wall or sole exposed with the underlying corium being infected (Fig. 4)

Extreme

Only the wall horn of the foot remained, leaving a large area of necrotic tissue with no healthy corium visible (Fig. 5)