 So high humidity and wet ground are probably gonna be the biggest factors here in the north. So these conditions have combined to create a perfect environment for damaging the skin between the cloves of the hooves and for the growth of the foot rot causing bacteria, Fusobacterium necrophora. So treatment of foot rot is critical to avoid bigger problems in cattle, such as when the infection moves from being localized in the foot and leg to a systemic infection that can debilitate the animal.