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Factors associated with frequency of lameness in dairy cattle managed in pasture based systems with the addition of supplementary feeds : Brief Communication

Factors associated with frequency of lameness in dairy cattle managed in pasture based systems with the addition of supplementary feeds : Brief Communication
Peer reviewed
Diaz-Lira CM, Margerison JK, Lopez-Villalobos N, Gibbs SJ
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 69, pp 51-53, Jun 2009

Article class: Brief Communication

Subject Terms: Animal welfare, Breed/breeding, Diet/rations/food, Disease/defect, Farm/farm management, Husbandry/husbandry procedures, Locomotor, Nutrition/metabolism, Pasture/crop

Animal Type: Cattle

Publisher: New Zealand Society of Animal Production

Abstract

Lameness is one of the main welfare problems of New Zealand dairy herds (Chesterton et al., 2008) and contributes directly to cow culling, treatment costs, production losses and reduced economic efficiency (Kossaibati & Esslemont, 1997). The incidence of lameness can be high, affecting as many as 60% (Vermunt, 2004) of cows annually, but can vary from between 5 and 55% (Clarkson et al., 1996) according to differing observation techniques and... Continued

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