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Antennae in the enclosures pick up signals from the sensors, allowing them to monitor what all the cows are up to: where the cows are walking, how active they are and what behaviour they are displaying, such as standing up or lying down. Photo: Hans Prinsen
22-03-2022 | News

Automatic lameness detection at the touch of a button

Digital dermatitis: Treating cows with ketoprofen
17-03-2022 | News

Digital dermatitis: Treating cows with ketoprofen

Visual lameness scoring is the most common method to evaluate lameness, as it is easy to use and cheap to implement, but it is time-consuming and labour-intensive. Photo: Shutterstock
01-12-2021 | Article

Automatic lameness detection: Lame vs sound gait

Teamwork is vital to help reduce lameness on a farm, and this includes the trimmer. Photo: Sara Pedersen
03-11-2021 | Expert opinion

Keeping up-to-date with lameness and foot trimming

Face recognition helping prevent lameness Photo: Koos Groenewold
14-10-2021 | News

Face recognition helping prevent lameness

Barriers to lameness management: What still needs to happen?
28-09-2021 | Expert opinion

Barriers to lameness management: What still needs to happen?

Photo: Mark Pasveer
24-08-2021 | Article

Milk flow traits as biomarkers of lameness

Grazing pastures, feedlots and areas for growing crops for herd nourishment are important elements of the operation. - Photo: Ronald Hissink
28-07-2021 | Expert opinion

How to maximise your dairy farm’s profit margins

Photo: Mark Pasveer
09-07-2021 | News

What does lameness cost dairy farmers?

Photo: Mark Pasveer
06-07-2021 | Expert opinion

The digital cushion and its role in lameness

The Halter system uses an extensive data set to predict cow behaviour. Photo: Halter
24-06-2021 | Article

New insights with collars transforming dairy farming

When it comes to thinking outside the box or coming up with innovative solutions it can be beneficial for farmers to look to their peers for input and support rather than just receive advice through a top down approach. Photo: Zana van Dijk
04-03-2021 | Expert opinion

Tackling dairy farming problems from the ‘bottom up’

Despite the implications for dairy cow welfare and productivity and the significant economic implications for dairy farmers, many dairy farmers fail to see lameness as a serious threat to their business. Photo: Ronald Hissink
26-02-2021 | Article

How farmer perceptions and automation impact lameness

Cows trimmed during the last 4 weeks before the end of gestation had a 2.4 times higher chance of abortion. Photo: Koos Groenewold
23-02-2021 | News

Late gestation hoof trimming increases abortion risk

The ideal times to trim would be once at dry-off and again around 100 days in milk. Photo: Koos Groenewold
22-02-2021 | Article

Lameness: A look at fertility, milk production and control

Photo: Sarah Pedersen
19-11-2020 | Expert opinion

Dairy cow trim visit: How to get your money’s worth