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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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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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Dairy Farmers’ Perceptions of and Actions in Relation to Lameness Management
Animals, 2019 Lameness continues to be a welfare and economic issue for dairy cows. However, the consequences of lameness seem to be better understood by veterinarians and related personnel in comparison to dairy farmers. Prompt detection and treatment of lame cows is
Mohammed Babatunde Sadiq +4 more
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Cost of lameness in dairy herds: An integrated bioeconomic modeling approach.
Journal of Dairy Science, 2023 Foot disorders are costly health disorders in dairy farms, and their prevalence is related to several factors such as breed, nutrition, and farmer's management strategy.
Rodolphe Robcis +6 more
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Deep learning pose estimation for multi-cattle lameness detection
Scientific Reports, 2023 The objective of this study was to develop a fully automated multiple-cow real-time lameness detection system using a deep learning approach for cattle detection and pose estimation that could be deployed across dairy farms. Utilising computer vision and
Shaun Barney +4 more
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German Farmers' Awareness of Lameness in Their Dairy Herds
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Lameness is one of the most challenging problems in the dairy industry. Control is impeded because farmers often underestimate the number of lame cows. The objectives of this study were to assess German farmers' awareness of lameness in their herds and ...
K. Jensen +8 more
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Lameness prevalence and management practices on Irish pasture-based dairy farms
Irish Veterinary Journal, 2022 Background Lameness is a painful disease, which negatively impacts dairy cow production and welfare. The aim of this observational study was to determine herd lameness prevalence, describe current lameness management practices and identify the presence ...
N. Browne +6 more
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Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2021 The computer vision technique has been rapidly adopted in cow lameness detection research due to its noncontact characteristic and moderate price. This paper attempted to summarize the research progress of computer vision in the detection of lameness ...
X. Kang, Xudong Zhang, Gang Liu
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Intelligent Perception-Based Cattle Lameness Detection and Behaviour Recognition: A Review
Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Cattle lameness detection as well as behaviour recognition are the two main objectives in the applications of precision livestock farming (PLF).
Yongliang Qiao +6 more
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2021 Lameness is a leading animal welfare concern in the dairy industry. Multiple stakeholders are involved in lameness management on a dairy farm, including farmers, hoof trimmers, and veterinarians.
E. Wynands +3 more
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