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| Code (ICAR Central Health Key) |
Technical term | Synonyms, explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.10.05.07. | Asymmetric claws (AC) | Significant difference in width, height and/or length between outer and inner claw which cannot be balanced by trimming |
| 1.10.06.09.02.01. | Concave dorsal wall (CD) | Concave shape of the dorsal wall |
| 1.10.05.04. | Corkscrew claw (CC) | Any torsion of either the outer or inner claw. The dorsal edge of the wall deviates from a straight line |
| 1.10.07.10 | Digital dermatitis (DD) | Dermatitis digitalis, Mortellaro disease, Strawberry disease, infection of the digital and/or interdigital skin with erosion, mostly painful ulcerations and/or chronic hyperkeratosis/proliferation |
| 1.10.07.11. | Interdigital / superficial dermatitis (ID) | All kind of mild dermatitis around the claws that is not classified as digital dermatitis |
| 1.10.06.07. | Double sole (DS) | Underrun sole, two or more layers of under-run sole horn |
| 1.10.07.09. | Heel horn erosion (HHE) | Erosio ungulae, slurry heel, erosion of the bulbs, in severe cases typically V-shaped, possibly extending to the corium |
| 1.10.06.15. | Horn fissure (HF) | Crack in the claw wall |
| 1.10.06.15.01.02. | Axial horn fissure (HFA) | Vertical (longitudinal) crack in the inner claw wall |
| 1.10.06.15.02. | Horizonal horn fissure (HFH) | Horizontal sandcrack / horizontal crack in the claw wall |
| 1.10.06.15.01.01 | Vertical horn fissure (HFV) | Vertical sandcrack, vertical (longitudinal) crack in the outer or dorsal claw wall |
| 1.10.06.10. | Interdigital hyperplasia (IH) | Corns, tyloma, interdigital fibroma, interdigital growth of fibrous tissue |
| 1.10.07.08.03. | Interdigital phlegmon (IP) | Foul-in-the-foot, footrot, interdigital panaritium, inflammatory edema in the interdigital space, symmetric painful swelling of the foot commonly accompanied with odorous smell with sudden onset of lameness |
| 1.10.05.06. | Scissor claws (SC) | Tip of toes crossing each other |
| 1.10.06.16. | Sole hemorrhage (SH) | Sole bruising, diffused and/or circumscribed red or yellow discoloration of the sole and/or white line |
| 1.10.06.16.01. | Sole hemorrhage diffused form (SHD) | Diffused light red to yellowish discoloration |
| 1.10.06.16.02. | Sole hemorrhage circumscribed form (SHC) | Clear differentiation between discolored and normal colored horn |
| 1.10.07.08. | Swelling of coronet and/or bulb (SW) | Digital phlegmon, panaritium, digital inflammatory edema, uni- or bilateral swelling of tissue above horn capsule which may be caused by different conditions |
| 1.10.07.01. | Ulcer (U) | Pododermatitis circumscripta purulenta (circumscribed purulent inflammation of the corium of the claws), ulceration of the sole area specified according to localization (zones) such as bulb ulcer, sole ulcer, toe ulcer/necrosis |
| 1.10.07.03. | Sole ulcer (SU) | Pododermatitis solearis circumscripta purulenta et necroticans (circumscribed purulent and necrotizing inflammation of the corium of the claws), penetration through the sole horn exposing fresh or necrotic corium |
| 1.10.07.03.04. | Bulb ulcer (BU) | Pododermatitis pulvinalis circumscripta purulenta et necroticans (circumscribed purulent and necrotizing inflammation of the corium of the claws at the bulb), heel ulcer, ulcer located at the bulb |
| 1.10.07.03.01. | Toe ulcer (TU) | Pododermatitis solearis circumscripta purulenta et necroticans (circumscribed purulent and necrotizing inflammation of the corium of the claws at the toe), ulcer located at the toe |
| 1.10.07.12.01. | Toe necrosis (TN) | Necrosis of the tip of the toe with affection of bone tissue |
| 1.10.05.08. | Thin sole (TS) | Sole horn yields (feels spongy) when finger pressure is applied |
| 1.10.12. | White line disease (WL) | Separation of the white line with or without purulent exudation |
| 1.10.12.01. | White line fissure (WLF) | Separation of the white line which remains after balancing both soles |
| 1.10.12.02. | White line abscess (WLA) | Pododermatitis purulenta (septica) circumscripta parietalis et abaxialis, necro-purulent inflammation of the corium |