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Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 Lameness is a significant health and welfare issue in farmed animals. This paper uses a governmentality approach, which focuses on how a problem is made governable, to examine an emerging 'ecology of devices' introduced to intervene in, and attempt to reduce, on-farm incidence of lameness.
Holloway, Lewis +3 more
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Animals, 2017 Dairy cow welfare is an important consideration for optimal production in the dairy industry. Lameness affects the welfare of dairy herds by limiting productivity.
Mohammed B. Sadiq +4 more
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A systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors associated with lameness in dairy cows
BMC Veterinary Research, 2019 Background Lameness in dairy cows has been an ongoing concern of great relevance to animal welfare and productivity in modern dairy production. Many studies have examined associations between various factors related to housing, management, and the ...
Andreas W. Oehm +4 more
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Poultry Science, 2020 This report demonstrates that high levels of lameness can be induced by a limited bacterial challenge in drinking water for birds raised on litter flooring, comparable with lameness induced by the gold standard for inducing lameness, growth on suspended ...
Adnan A.K. Alrubaye +5 more
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Supporting the development and adoption of automatic lameness detection systems in dairy cattle : effect of system cost and performance on potential market shares [PDF]
, 2017 Most automatic lameness detection system prototypes have not yet been commercialized, and are hence not yet adopted in practice. Therefore, the objective of this study was to simulate the effect of detection performance (percentage missed lame cows and ...
Lauwers, Ludwig +5 more
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Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 2021 The objective of this study was to investigate time to lameness event, prevalence of claw lesions, and their associations with animal-based welfare measures (ABWMs) in dairy cows. A total of 120 non-lame lactating cows (n = 30 each from four intensive dairy farms) having no claw lesion were enrolled in the study.
Sadiq, Mohammed Babatunde +4 more
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Intertarsal Joint Stabilization in a Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) Using a Novel Application of a Braided Suture and Titanium Button System. [PDF]
, 2017 A 32-year-old adult captive male bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) with a history of laxity, degenerative joint disease, and varus deviation of the distal left hindlimb for several years was presented for evaluation of left hindlimb lameness and was
De Voe, Ryan S +3 more
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A chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the coronoid process mimicking a fragmented coronoid process in a dog [PDF]
, 2016 A 6-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback was presented with a 1.5 year history of right forelimb lameness. Clinical, radiological and computed tomographic findings suggested the presence of fragmented medial coronoid process.
Cirkel, Koen +4 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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A Feasibility Study on the Use of a Structured Light Depth-Camera for Three-Dimensional Body Measurements of Dairy Cows in Free-Stall Barns [PDF]
, 2018 Frequent checks on livestock\u2019s body growth can help reducing problems related to cow infertility or other welfare implications, and recognizing health\u2019s anomalies. In the last ten years, optical methods have been proposed to extract information
Guarino, Marcella +3 more
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