A revised/proposed nomenclature for the external anatomical features of the bovine foot.

Several widely recognized sources of nomenclature regarding the bovine external digit were reviewed, compared, and utilized in a clinical survey of bovine digital disease. During this process, some descriptors were found to be accurate and readily applicable to clinical use, while others were not. In this article, we explain both positive and negative aspects of existing nomenclature. Suggested revisions are included for those terms which were inadequate when used to describe clinical disease of the bovine digit.