Since the 1980s, efforts have been made to develop sensors that measure a parameter from
an individual cow. The development started with individual cow recognition and was …

Lameness is one of the most costly dairy cow diseases, yet adoption of lameness prevention
strategies remains low. Low lameness prevention adoption might be attributable to a lack of …

ABSTRACT A farm-level stochastic model was used to estimate costs of 7 common clinical
diseases in the United States: mastitis, lameness, metritis, retained placenta, left-displaced …

Lameness is a severe welfare problem and a production-limiting disease in dairy farming.
The objectives of this study were to determine prevalence of lameness and investigate cow …

The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine the prevalence and
distribution of foot lesions and associated cow-and herd-level risk factors in dairy cows in …

In this paper results on utilizing image analysis techniques towards early lameness
detection in dairy cattle are presented. Data from two different dairy farms in Belgium were …

Lying behavior is an important measure of comfort and well-being in dairy cattle, and
changes in lying behavior are potential indicators and predictors of lameness. Our …

Lameness is a major problem in dairy production both in terms of reduced production and
compromised animal welfare. A 5-point lameness scoring system was developed based on …

The purpose of this study was to develop a model for a routine genetic evaluation of claw
health traits and to develop an index including data on claw health and conformation traits …

The computer vision technique has been rapidly adopted in cow lameness detection
research due to its noncontact characteristic and moderate price. This paper attempted to …