Lameness in dairy cows has major negative impacts on animal welfare and production
economy. While previous studies have evaluated the prevalence of lameness in single …

Concerns about the welfare of animals typically include 3 questions: is the animal
functioning well (eg, good health, productivity, etc.), is the animal feeling well (eg, absence …

Foot disorders are costly health disorders in dairy farms, and their prevalence is related to
several factors such as breed, nutrition, and farmer's management strategy. Very few …

The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine the prevalence and
distribution of foot lesions and associated cow-and herd-level risk factors in dairy cows in …

Simple Summary The current immune, metabolic, and neural pathways and the structures
involved in developing the febrile response and, in return, to thermal homeostasis are …

Previous work has hypothesised that cows in low body condition become lame. We tested
this in a prospective longitudinal study. Body condition score (BCS), causes of lameness …

There is an increasing demand for health and welfare monitoring in modern dairy farming.
The development of various innovative techniques aims at improving animal behaviour …

The objective was to investigate infrared thermography (IRT) as a noninvasive diagnostic
tool for early detection of foot pathologies in dairy cows. This was achieved by measuring …

An 'early threshold'protocol for treating cows within 48h of being detected lame in one or
more hind limbs at fortnightly mobility scoring was tested on a randomly selected group of …

Simple Summary Scoring cattle for lameness based on changes in locomotion or behavior is
essential for farmers to find and treat their lame animals. This review discusses the normal …