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foot rot
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foot rot [′fu̇t ‚rät]
(plant pathology)
Any disease that involves rotting of the stem or trunk of a plant.
(veterinary medicine)


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While their reported prevalence of lameness was lower than the national average at 7%, there is still room for improvement and, with annual losses from footrot alone estimated at pounds 24m in Great Britain in 2005, valuable potential for improving margins as well as animal welfare.
WELSH Mountain sheep breeders have been given hope they can eradicate footrot from their flocks.
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