[HTML][HTML] Lameness in dairy cow herds: disease aetiology, prevention and management

M Garvey - Dairy, 2022 - mdpi.com
As livestock production systems have changed to intensive commercial structures to meet
the increasing demand for animal-based products, there has been an increase in food …

[HTML][HTML] Claw trimming as a lameness management practice and the association with welfare and production in dairy cows

MB Sadiq, SZ Ramanoon, R Mansor, SS Syed-Hussain… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Lameness impacts negatively on dairy cattle welfare and production. Claw
trimming is a routine practice for lameness management in dairy cows. Claw trimming is …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between housing and management practices and the prevalence of lameness, hock lesions, and thin cows on US dairy operations

AE Adams, JE Lombard, CP Fossler… - Journal of Dairy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to determine the association among different housing and
management practices on the prevalence of lameness, hock lesions, and thin cows on US …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying cow–level factors and farm characteristics associated with locomotion scores in dairy cows using cumulative link mixed models

AW Oehm, R Merle, A Tautenhahn, KC Jensen… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Lameness is a tremendous problem in intensively managed dairy herds all over the world. It
has been associated with considerable adverse effects on animal welfare and economic …

[HTML][HTML] INVITED REVIEW: Prevalence, risk factors, treatment, and barriers to best practice adoption for lameness and injuries in dairy cattle: A narrative review

SM Roche, DL Renaud, J Saraceni, DF Kelton… - Journal of Dairy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lameness and leg injuries are both painful and prevalent across the dairy industry, and are
a major welfare concern. There has been a considerable amount of research focused on …

Consistency of feed efficiency ranking and mechanisms associated with inter-animal variation among growing calves

A Asher, A Shabtay, M Cohen-Zinder… - Journal of animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This study investigated the possible mechanisms for explaining interanimal variation in
efficiency of feed utilization in intact male Holstein calves. Additionally, we examined …

[HTML][HTML] Using rumination and activity data for early detection of anaplasmosis disease in dairy heifer calves

VA Teixeira, AMQ Lana, T Bresolin, TR Tomich… - Journal of dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bovine anaplasmosis causes considerable economic losses in dairy cattle production
systems worldwide, ranging from $300 million to $900 million annually. It is commonly …

A review of the relationship between hoof trimming and dairy cattle welfare

GC Stoddard, G Cramer - Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal …, 2017 - vetfood.theclinics.com
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[HTML][HTML] Alteration in activity patterns of cows as a result of pain due to health conditions

E Mainau, P Llonch, D Temple, L Goby, X Manteca - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There are several conditions and diseases considered painful to cattle.
One reason for the inconsistency in pain recognition and thus pain relief in cattle is the …

[HTML][HTML] Preventive hoof trimming and animal-based welfare measures influence the time to first lameness event and hoof lesion prevalence in dairy cows

MB Sadiq, SZ Ramanoon… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The objectives of this study were to,(1) investigate the impact of the Dutch five-
step hoof trimming (HT) technique on time to lameness and hoof lesion prevalence in …