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Hoof measurements and their relationship to lameness in first lactation heifers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

B. Winkler  and
J.K. Margerison
B. Winkler*
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Department of Biological Sciences, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6NQ, U.K.
J.K. Margerison
Affiliation:
University of Plymouth, Department of Biological Sciences, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6NQ, U.K.
*
Email: bwinkler@plymouth.ac.uk
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A significantly greater percentage of lesions on the claws of the outer hind foot has been recorded and this has been linked to the foot and leg conformation of the cow. Claw measurements were compared to survival rates and locomotion scores (Boelling and Pollot, 1998), but few experiments looked at changes during the lactation period (Offer et al., 2000) in heifers housed in straw yards and compared them to changes in lesion scores. The aim of this experiment was to compare measurements of the front and hind claws to the incidence of lameness and the formation of lesions in the sole horn during the pre- and postpartum period in first lactation heifers housed in straw yards.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 208
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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