Prevalence and economic damage caused by sheep foot rot in the Russian Federation and worldwide
https://doi.org/10.26897/2074-0840-2026-2-57-61
Abstract
This article reviews and analyzes literature on the prevalence of footrot in sheep in the Russian Federation and leading sheep-breeding countries worldwide, and assesses the economic losses associated with the disease. Sources are searched in Yandex, ResearchGate, PubMed, eLIBRARY.RU, and ScienceDirect. It is shown that footrot remains an endemic infection in many regions of Russia. It has been established that the prevalence of infection depends significantly on climatic factors, primarily humidity and animal density. It concludes that advanced footrot control methods need to be adapted to the sheep industry in the Russian Federation, taking into account regional specifics.
About the Authors
A. R. Gamazkov
Research Institute of Hygiene, Occupational Pathology and Human Ecology of the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia, Russian Federation; Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education St. Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr R. Gamazkov, postgraduate student, junior researcher at Laboratory No. 64
188663, Leningrad Region, Vsevolozhsk District, Kuzmolovsky Urban Settlement, Zavodskaya Street, Bldg. 6/2, Bldg. 93
tel.: +7 (812) 449-61-77; +7 (812) 606-62-80
A. A. Stekolnikov
Research Institute of Hygiene, Occupational Pathology and Human Ecology of the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anatoly A. Stekolnikov, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
196084, St. Petersburg, Chernigovskaya St., Bldg. 5
tel.: +7 (812) 388-99-72; +7 (812) 388-50-19
D. S. Laptev
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education St. Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Denis S. Laptev, PhD in Biology, Head of Laboratory No. 64, Research Institute of Hygiene, Occupational Pathology, and Human Ecology, Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia
188663, Leningrad Region, Vsevolozhsk District, Kuzmolovsky Urban Settlement, Zavodskaya St., Bldg. 6/2, Bldg. 93
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Gamazkov A.R., Stekolnikov A.A., Laptev D.S. Prevalence and economic damage caused by sheep foot rot in the Russian Federation and worldwide. Sheep, goats, wool business. 2026;(2):57-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26897/2074-0840-2026-2-57-61
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