Lameness in dairy cows has major negative impacts on animal welfare and production
economy. While previous studies have evaluated the prevalence of lameness in single …

Simple Summary Lameness impacts negatively on dairy cattle welfare and production. Claw
trimming is a routine practice for lameness management in dairy cows. Claw trimming is …

Foot disorders are costly health disorders in dairy farms, and their prevalence is related to
several factors such as breed, nutrition, and farmer's management strategy. Very few …

Simple Summary Benchmarking is an assessment process that compares an individual
entity to their peer group and the 'best in class'. The goal is to motivate for improvement, eg …

Lameness and leg injuries are both painful and prevalent across the dairy industry, and are
a major welfare concern. There has been a considerable amount of research focused on …

Background The extent to which preventive hoof trimming is implemented on Great Britain's
(GB) dairy farms is unknown. The aims of this study were to determine common practices …

Lameness in dairy cattle is a clinical sign of impaired locomotion, mainly caused by painful
foot lesions, compromising the US dairy industry's economic, environmental, and social …

Background This study aimed to determine the association between the lameness
advantage genetic index and four outcomes: sole haemorrhage (SH), sole ulcers (SU), white …

Background: The objectives of this study were to,(1) investigate the impact of the Dutch five-
step hoof trimming (HT) technique on time to lameness and hoof lesion prevalence in …

The objective of this study was to compare the impact of the functional hoof trimming (HT)
method to an adaptation that results in increased modelling of the weight bearing claw on …