Table 1 Footrot scoring system from Stewart and Claxton [8] and the Swedish definition of footrot used in this study
Footrot score | Description | Swedish definition |
|---|---|---|
0 | Healthy foot | Not footrot |
1 | Inflammation of the interdigital skin with erosion of the epithelium | Not footrot |
2 | Necrotising inflammation of the interdigital skin and part or all of the soft horn of the axial wall of the digit | Footrot |
3 | Necrotising inflammation and underrunning of part or all of the soft horn of the heel and sole, not extending to the abaxial edge of the sole | Footrot |
4 | Underrunning extending to the abaxial edge of the sole | Footrot |
5 | Necrotising inflammation of the laminae of the abaxial wall and underrunning of the hard horn | Footrot |