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Animal lameness detection with radar sensing [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2018
Lameness is a significant problem for performance horses and farmed animals, with severe impact on animal welfare and treatment costs. Lameness is commonly diagnosed through subjective scoring methods performed by trained veterinary clinicians, but ...
Busin, Valentina   +9 more
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Modification of Domestic Animal Lameness Scales for Use in Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus)

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Lameness in animals is a welfare concern as it can be an indicator of pain. A standardized bear lameness scale would significantly improve the ability of facilities that house bears to monitor, manage, and treat lameness in their animals.
Mandala Hunter-Ishikawa   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Animal board invited review: Dairy cow lameness expenditures, losses and total cost [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal, 2018
Lameness is one of the most costly dairy cow diseases, yet adoption of lameness prevention strategies remains low. Low lameness prevention adoption might be attributable to a lack of understanding regarding total lameness costs.
K. Dolecheck, J. Bewley
doaj   +3 more sources

Incidence of Bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis Lameness in Commercial Duck Flocks in Mojokerto, Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals
Bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis (BCO) lameness is an infection of opportunistic bacteria in the structural skeletal bones impacting multiple animal species, particularly poultry species.
Andi Asnayanti   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Lameness in Dairy Cow Herds: Disease Aetiology, Prevention and Management

open access: yesDairy, 2022
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 production diseases, subsequently resulting in animal welfare issues.
Mary Garvey
doaj   +1 more source

Leveraging Accelerometer Data for Lameness Detection in Dairy Cows: A Longitudinal Study of Six Farms in Germany

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Lameness in dairy cows poses a significant challenge to improving animal well-being and optimizing economic efficiency in the dairy industry. To address this, employing automated animal surveillance for early lameness detection and prevention through ...
Anastasia I. Lavrova   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective study of lameness in beef cattle in northeastern Sardinia, Italy

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Lameness is one of the most prevalent diseases affecting dairy and beef cattle, resulting in decreased animal performance, decreased animal welfare, and substantial economic loss. In extensive beef cattle farming, the risk factors for this multifactorial
Sarah Morrone   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Lameness in Beef Cattle: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Survey of On-Farm Practices and Approaches

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Cattle lameness is a concern to the United Kingdom (UK) cattle industry, negatively impacting upon welfare and production. Previous work involving one small study (n = 21) has identified that some UK beef farmers underestimate lameness prevalence, but ...
Jay Tunstall   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Producer Perceptions Toward Prevention and Control of Lameness in Dairy Cows in Alberta Canada: A Thematic Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Lameness in dairy cattle poses both an animal welfare and economic threat to dairy farms. Although the Canadian dairy industry has identified lameness as the most important health issue, lameness prevalence in the province of Alberta has not decreased ...
Marlena Knauss   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis in broilers: further defining lameness-inducing models with wire or litter flooring to evaluate protection with organic trace minerals

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2020
The feed additive Availa-ZMC was investigated for the ability to reduce lameness in broilers using 2 alternative models for inducing lameness. The mixture of organic trace minerals was effective in reducing lameness by 20% in the wire flooring model and ...
Adnan A.K. Alrubaye   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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