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Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2021 Lameness is one of the most pressing health and welfare problems in cattle, especially on dairy farms. The most common cause of lameness is claw pathology, often due to lack of appropriate functional claw trimming. Functional claw trimming restores the physiological shape of the claws and distributes weight properly between the claws and over the claw ...
M. Vidmar, J. J. Hodnik, J. Starič
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Animals, 2023 This study aimed to evaluate the effects of diet-induced subacute rumen acidosis (SARA) severity during transition and the early lactation period on claw health in 24 first-lactation Holstein heifers. All heifers were fed a 30% concentrate (in dry matter)
Johann Kofler +7 more
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Influence of Housing and Management on Claw Health in Swiss Dairy Goats
Animals, 2021 Due to a rising demand for goat milk and goat milk products worldwide, it is likely that dairy goat production will be intensified in the future, with larger herds per farm. In Switzerland, as in many other countries with intensive farming systems, dairy
Lisa Marie Sailer +5 more
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Animals, 2020 Lameness resulting from claw lesions remains a pressing welfare issue in dairy cows. Claw trimming (CT) is a common practice for prevention and management of clinically lame cows.
Mohammed Babatunde Sadiq +4 more
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Veterinární Medicína, 2011 Claw lesions and lameness in sows are an important welfare concern as well as a cause of considerable economic loss. These problems are more common in group housing than in individual housing systems.
L. Pluym +6 more
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Locomotion Disorders and Skin and Claw Lesions in Gestating Sows Housed in Dynamic versus Static Groups. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Lameness and lesions to the skin and claws of sows in group housing are commonly occurring indicators of reduced welfare. Typically, these problems are more common in group housing than in individual housing systems. Group management type (dynamic versus
Emilie-Julie Bos +6 more
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Using the Footfall Sound of Dairy Cows for Detecting Claw Lesions [PDF]
Animals, 2019 An important factor for animal welfare in cattle farming is the detection of lameness. The presented study is part of a project aiming to develop a system that is capable of an automated diagnosis of claw lesions by analyzing the footfall sound. Data were generated from cows walking along a measurement zone where piezoelectric sensors recorded their ...
Nina Volkmann +2 more
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Evaluation of Mastitis Impact on Lameness and Digital Lesions in Dairy Cows [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2018 Objective: This current study was done to find any correlation between clinical mastitis and lameness occurrence and incidence in dairy farms.Design: This prospective field trial was done on a case control study basis. Cows were divided into two mastitis
Negin Motamedi +3 more
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Effect of rubber mats and perforation in the lying area on claw and limb lesions of fattening pigs
Animal, 2018 Claw and leg lesions are frequently observed in finishing pigs and are likely to compromise their welfare. Providing softer than the usual concrete flooring may reduce both the frequency and severity of these lesions.
A. Falke +5 more
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Preoperative Diagnosis of the Bile Duct Traumatic Neuroma by Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Tissue Acquisition: A Case Report. [PDF]
DEN OpenABSTRACT Traumatic neuroma of the cystic duct stump is a rare benign lesion that may mimic biliary malignancy, making preoperative diagnosis challenging. We report a case of an enhancing lesion at the cystic duct stump after cholecystectomy that was diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound‐guided tissue acquisition (EUS‐TA).
Saito K +8 more
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