yes, usually one shot of 48 hour penicillin or three day sulfur pills will straighten it out. try to keep cows out of mud or places with sharp objects. once with the dairy cows we had it so bad we had to cut out all infected areas & treat with coppertox. we finally had to make a footbath for them with water & copper sulfate. when we got it under control. we could walk them through hydrated lime every few days,