lameness

Hoof infections are more common where pastures are on underlying clay than in sandy, chalky, or limestone areas. Constantly wet hooves become soft and more easily damaged. Photo: Canva

22-03 | Article

7 nutritional tips for controlling lameness

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 | News

Automatic lameness detection at the touch of a button

Digital dermatitis: Treating cows with ketoprofen

17-03 | 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?