Items Tagged with 'lameness'
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Improved hygiene on the dairy through proper footbath protocols is a key way producers can manage the presence of digital dermatitis in their herds.
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Warts causing lameness in beef cattle
Much is still unknown about causes and treatments of digital dermatitis, but working with your veterinarian to develop a game plan for its control will pay dividends in your herd.
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Identifying lameness can be part of everyone’s job description
Identifying early stages of lameness becomes second nature once learned, and severe cases can be eradicated from your operation if anyone can observe it during day-to-day tasks.
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Crowdsourcing quick, cost-effective lameness detection
New research develops a comparison-based lameness assessment approach using as few as 10 crowdsourced workers to provide reliable, efficient assessments.
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Three contributing factors to bovine lameness
Lameness – the second-most costly animal health issue in the beef industry – has three major contributing factors: nutrition, genetics and environment.
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Navigating the runways of lameness: An integrated approach to cow health through advanced data analysis
Dairy technologies are advancing to allow novel data of lameness identification to be gathered on individual cows to optimize a herd’s health.
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Breaking the 'become lame and stay lame' mentality
Too often, cows become lame, stay lame and leave the herd. In understanding the seven key factors that reduce chronic lameness, farms can break the “become lame, stay lame” cycle.
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Lameness: Be proactive before heat stress
Have strategies in place to detect and prevent lameness due to heat stress.
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Managing beef cattle hoof health
Taking a proactive, nutrition-based approach can greatly enhance your herd’s ability to combat the pathogens that cause foot rot and digital dermatitis.
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Digital dermatitis or 'hairy heel wart' is not just a dairy issue
For many feedyards, digital dermatitis is rapidly becoming the most common cause of lameness. Understanding its causes, as well as prevention and early treatment protocols, can help gain control over this infectious hoof issue.
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