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Animal, 2010 The EU project Welfare Quality® proposes an overall assessment system for animal welfare based on animal outcomes. The objective of this study was to test inter-observer reliability (IOR) when assessing lameness, fear and slipping and falling scores as parameters for monitoring the welfare of killing pigs during arrival at the slaughterhouse.
Dalmau, A. +8 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for lameness in dairy cattle on selected farms located in Dessie and Kombolcha, Northeast Ethiopia. [PDF]
Front Vet SciBackgroundLameness in dairy cattle has continued to be a significant burden for farmers in modern dairy production due to its impact on animal welfare and productivity.
Mekonin HA, Reda AA, Assen AA, Assen AM.
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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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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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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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Lameness in dairy animals: Causes, type and its preventive management practices
, 2022 With the emergence of intensive commercial livestock production to meet the growing demand for animal-based products, there has been an increase in food production diseases, subsequently resulting in animal welfare issues. After mastitis and infertility, lameness is one of the three major issues affecting dairy cattle globally, resulting in reduced ...
Kansal, Garima, Hitesh
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Animals, 2023 The New Zealand goat industry accesses niche markets for high-value products, mainly formula for infants and young children. This study aimed to estimate the genetic parameters of occurrence and susceptibility of clinical lameness and selected claw ...
Natasha Jaques +4 more
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