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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, Stevančević Milenko, Toholj Bojan   +2 more
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Current State and Challenges of Automatic Lameness Detection in Dairy Cattle

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, ZHANG Jing, CHENG Guodong, PENG Yingqi, ZHANG Jianhua, WU Jianzhai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Claw Trimming as a Lameness Management Practice and the Association with Welfare and Production in Dairy Cows

Animals, 2020
Simple Summary Lameness impacts negatively on dairy cattle welfare and production. Claw trimming is a routine practice for lameness management in dairy cows.
M. Sadiq, S. Ramanoon, R. Mansor, S. Syed-Hussain, W. M. Shaik Mossadeq   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Animals, 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, Jon N. Huxley, Michael L. Doherty, Luke E. O’Grady   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visual lameness assessment in comparison to quantitative gait analysis data in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal, 2020
Summary Background Quantitative gait analysis offers objective information to support clinical decision‐making during lameness workups including advantages in terms of documentation, communication, education, and avoidance of expectation bias ...
A. Hardeman, A. Egenvall, F. S. Serra Braganca, J. Swagemakers, M. Koene, L. Roepstorff, P. R. van Weeren, A. Byström   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of case definition and assessment frequency on lameness incidence estimates.

Journal of Dairy Science, 2020
The reliability of locomotion scoring is often low, making it unclear how a single gait score should be interpreted. In addition, differences in assessment frequency between longitudinal studies makes it hard to compare results. Our aims were to evaluate
H. K. Eriksson, R. Daros, M. V. von Keyserlingk, D. Weary   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Individualised automated lameness detection in dairy cows and the impact of historical window length on algorithm performance.

Animal, 2020
Lameness is an important economic problem in the dairy sector, resulting in production loss and reduced welfare of dairy cows. Given the modern-day expansion of dairy herds, a tool to automatically detect lameness in real-time can therefore create added ...
D. Piette, T. Norton, V. Exadaktylos, D. Berckmans   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparison of results for body-mounted inertial sensor assessment with final lameness determination in 1,224 equids.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2020
OBJECTIVE To compare results for initial body-mounted inertial sensor (BMIS) measurement of lameness in equids trotting in a straight line with definitive findings after full lameness evaluation. ANIMALS 1,224 equids.
S. K. Reed, J. Kramer, L. Thombs, Jael B Pitts, D. A. Wilson, K. Keegan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lameness and its relationship with health and production measures in broiler chickens

Animal, 2019
The aim of this study was to explore lameness and the associations between lameness and health/production measures of animal welfare in commercial broiler production, using the Welfare Quality® protocol for broilers. A total of 50 flocks were included in
E. G. Granquist, G. Vasdal, I. C. D. Jong, R. Moe   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association between lameness risk assessment and lameness and foot lesion prevalence on dairy farms in Alberta, Canada.

Journal of Dairy Science, 2020
Lameness is a detrimental health and welfare concern of dairy cattle with high prevalence in North American herds. As a practical and farm-specific approach toward its mitigation in Alberta, Canada, a score-based lameness risk assessment questionnaire ...
M. van Huyssteen, H. Barkema, S. Mason, K. Orsel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source