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The in-utero experience of piglets born from sows with lameness shapes their life trajectory

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Experiences during gestation can alter the mother’s behavior and physiology, thereby potentially affecting the behavioral and physiological development of the offspring.
Marisol Parada Sarmiento   +4 more
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Poor Association between Facial Expression and Mild Lameness in Thoroughbred Trot-Up Examinations

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Musculoskeletal injuries in racehorses are difficult to detect prior to catastrophic breakdown. Lameness is commonly attributed to orthopaedic pain in horses, therefore, subtle lameness may be a pre-clinical sign of injury and, if identified early, could
Katrina A. Anderson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary aspects of the control of lameness on cattle farms [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski 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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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

The Effect of Chiropractic Treatment on Limb Lameness and Concurrent Axial Skeleton Pain and Dysfunction in Horses

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Chiropractic care is a common treatment modality used in equine practice to manage back pain and stiffness but has limited evidence for treating lameness. The objective of this blinded, controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the effect of chiropractic
Mikaela D. Maldonado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current State and Challenges of Automatic Lameness Detection in Dairy Cattle

open access: yes智慧农业, 2020
Lameness in dairy cattle could cause significant economic losses to the dairy industry. Detection of lameness in a timely manner is critical to the high-quality development of dairy industry.
HAN Shuqing   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Routine Herd Health Data as Cow-Based Risk Factors Associated with Lameness in Pasture-Based, Spring Calving Irish Dairy Cows

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Herd-level risk factors related to the cow’s environment have been associated with lameness. Uncomfortable stall surface and inadequate depth of bedding as well as abrasive alley way surface are contributing factors to increased levels of lameness.
Joris R. Somers   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herd- and sow-related risk factors for lameness in organic and conventional sow herds

open access: yesAnimal, 2014
Lameness in sows is an animal welfare problem which also presents an economic challenge to pig producers. Information about the prevalence of herd lameness in organic sows is relatively scarce.
K.M. Knage-Rasmussen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lameness in Beef Cattle: UK Farmers' Perceptions, Knowledge, Barriers, and Approaches to Treatment and Control

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Lameness in the beef industry has received little attention in the UK, despite the fact that it is a well-recognised problem in the dairy industry. The aims of this study were to (i) compare UK beef farmers' estimates of lameness prevalence to that of ...
Jay Tunstall   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can lameness prevalence in dairy herds be predicted from farmers' reports of their motivation to control lameness and barriers to doing so? An observational study from New Zealand

open access: yesJournal of Dairy Science
: Understanding what motivates and prevents behavioral change in farmers is a critical step in disease control in dairy cattle. A total of 101 New Zealand dairy farmers across 8 regions were randomly enrolled into a cross-sectional study to investigate ...
W.A. Mason   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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