Modification of Domestic Animal Lameness Scales for Use in Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus)
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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IntroductionGreat Britain has over 15 million ewes. Lameness is one of the top three most economically important diseases for the sheep industry, costing about £80 million per annum. The prevalence of lameness reduced from 10% to 5% between 2004 and 2013
Rachel Clifton+2 more
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A retrospective study on incidence of lameness in domestic animals [PDF]
Aim: To study the incidence of lameness among different species of animals presented to the Veterinary Polyclinic, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar.
A. Mohsina+7 more
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A two-year participatory intervention project with owners to reduce lameness and limb abnormalities in working horses in Jaipur, India [PDF]
Participatory methods are increasingly used in international human development, but scientific evaluation of their efficacy versus a control group is rare. Working horses support families in impoverished communities.
A Tsutsumi+30 more
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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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Farmers' practices and factors associated with the prevalence of all lameness and lameness attributed to interdigital dermatitis and footrot in sheep flocks in England in 2004 [PDF]
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the risk factors associated with all causes of lameness in sheep differed from those associated with the lesion specific causes of lameness, interdigital dermatitis (ID) and footrot (FR).
Green, Laura E., Kaler, Jasmeet
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The in-utero experience of piglets born from sows with lameness shapes their life trajectory
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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Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia [PDF]
Lameness, thoracolumbosacral pain and reduced range of motion (ROM) often coexist; better understanding of their relationship is needed. The objectives were to determine if thoracolumbosacral movement of horses changes when pain causing lameness is ...
Dyson, S, Greve, L, Pfau, T
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Lameness detection and scoring
Chapter of the Living Handbook Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour – Recommendations from the SmartCow ...
Danesh Mesgaran, Sadjad+6 more
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Poor Association between Facial Expression and Mild Lameness in Thoroughbred Trot-Up Examinations
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
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