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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, 2022 While benchmarking is already used for the assessment of performance gaps in cattle herd management and welfare concerns, its application to quantifying claw health performance is relatively new.
Johann Kofler +8 more
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Alteration of claw dimensions in dairy cows affected with laminitis related sole lesions [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2022 This study was conducted among 18 lactating crossbred cows that had clinical lameness associated with painful sole lesions. Claw dimensions were recorded using standard techniques from affected claws in selected animals before functional hoof trimming ...
Laiju M. Philip +5 more
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The Effects of Claw Health and Bone Mineral Density on Lameness in Duroc Boars
Animals, 2023 To investigate the effects of claw lesion types and bone mineral density on lameness in boars, the data of claw lesion score, gait score, and bone mineral density, measured by a Miniomin ultrasound bone densitometer, were collected from a total of 739 ...
Jinxin Lu +4 more
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The Effect of Claw Lesions and Claw Infections on Lameness in Loose Housing of Pregnant Sows [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 1995 During a 12-month period lameness, claw lesions and claw infections were studied in 15 herds with loose housing of pregnant sows on partly slatted concrete floors. Of these herds, 12 herds had concrete slats and 3 herds had plastic slats. The mean prevalence proportion of lame sows in the herds was 13.1%.
H, Gjein, R B, Larssen
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Animals, 2021 Lameness and foot disorders are major health and welfare issues in intensive swine production systems. They are exacerbated when sows are housed in large groups on slatted concrete floors during gestation.
Adeline Huneau-Salaün +8 more
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Reduced test-day milk fat percentage in cows diagnosed with claw horn lesions during routine claw trimming [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2011 The objective of this study was to investigate whether cows diagnosed with claw horn lesions during routine claw trimming had an altered milk fat percentage on test days preceding the diagnosis, compared with cows without such lesions. Data included date of trimming, cow number, type, and location of claw lesions recorded by a professional claw trimmer
M, van Straten, I, Siani, D, Bar
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Claw and limb disorders in 12 Norwegian beef-cow herds
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2007 Background The main aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of claw and limb disorders in Norwegian beef-cow herds. Methods Twenty-six herds with ≥15 cow-years were selected by computerized systematic assignment from the three most beef cattle ...
Ringdal Grethe +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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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Claw disorders are a relevant welfare issue in the cattle industry, fast and accurate diagnoses are essential for successful treatment and prevention. The present study aimed to develop an equation to assess the presence of solar hemorrhages from real ...
Giorgia Fabbri +6 more
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