CONTAGIOUS IMPETIGO IN A DAIRY-CATTLE HERD

Impetigo and furunculosis appeared in a dairy cattle herd in associati on with intensive showering of the lactating cows during the summer mo nths. Heifers and dry cows in the same herd, as well as those in a nei ghbouring herd in the same village, which was not showered and served as a comparison herd, remained unaffected. Skin lesions declined with the termination of showering. Only six animals [three cows (7.3%) and three first-calving cows (20%)] had to be treated parenterally with an tibiotics.