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Osteomyelitis related lameness across animal species: pathophysiology, etiology, epidemiology and experimental model approaches [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceOsteomyelitis is an inflammatory disorder resulting from the invasion of opportunistic pathogens into bones and bone marrows, causing necrosis and affecting multiple animal groups.
Andi Asnayanti +8 more
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Lameness in Dairy Cow Herds: Disease Aetiology, Prevention and Management
Dairy, 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
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Animals, 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
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Modification of Domestic Animal Lameness Scales for Use in Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus)
Animals, 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
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Retrospective study of lameness in beef cattle in northeastern Sardinia, Italy
PLoS 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
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Lameness in Beef Cattle: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Survey of On-Farm Practices and Approaches
Frontiers 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
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Frontiers 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
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Animal board invited review: Dairy cow lameness expenditures, losses and total cost
Animal, 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
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Poultry 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
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Contemporary aspects of the control of lameness on cattle farms [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2015 Lameness in cattle is the third most important health disorder and in order of significance it is immediately after reproductive disorders and diseases of the mammary gland.
Trojačanec Plamen +2 more
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