1. Foot rot is an avoidable affiction.

2. Diseases that effect the sheep and goats include foot rot, internal parasites and heartwater.

3. About thirty years back, he said, because during the rainy season goats and sheep got foot rot.

4. “It is said that foot rot and liver fluke seldom affect Romney Marsh sheep.” reads a 1918 American text.

5. Almost every detailed description of the Romney cites relative resistance to foot rot, an attribute rarely mentioned in descriptions of other breeds.

6. Compared to other breeds, they are especially known for their ability to resist foot rot and helminths such as Haemonchus contortus which proliferate in the South.

7. A later book is more circumspect: “Romneys are said to be somewhat resistant to foot rot, liver flukes and other problems that often plague sheep in damp pastures.”