Contents tagged with lameness

17 April 2020

Preventing Digital Dermatitis (DD) infection pre-calving and minimising body condition score loss post-calving are a must to ensure optimum foot health in an animal’s first lactation and beyond.

23 March 2020

Lameness is a serious cost to the sheep industry. In Great Britain, the estimated cost from footrot alone is between £20 and £80 million each year. Taking into account all the other causes of lameness, the total cost to the sector is staggering.

23 March 2020

A sheet allowing you to record the mobility scores of cows in each group.

23 February 2024

This form allows you to record the mobility of your herd. The images on the sheet indicate the mobility scores of the cows and makes suggestions on how to improve them.

27 February 2020

The nutritional factors have a significant impact upon dairy cow foot health.

27 February 2020

Common dairy cow lameness issues such as sole ulcers, white line disease and digital dermatitis

26 September 2024

Identifying, treating and preventing lameness in dairy cows

10 December 2019

Top tips for mobility mentors about incorporating the Healthy Feet Programme into their work

10 December 2019

The body responsible for developing a set of Standards for professional hoof trimming, against which hoof trimmers could be audited.

10 December 2019

The training course and NPTC Level 4 Qualification on Bovine Lameness and Professional Cattle Foot Trimming

10 December 2019

Sara Pedersen shares some finding from her current PhD studies into hoof trimming.

6 January 2022

Biotin and lameness in ewes

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