Lameness in cattle stems from pain in one or more of the animal’s limbs, affecting how the animal moves and their productivity. Lameness can be related to any issue that causes the animal ...

Cattle health and welfare at heart of research on bovine lameness, a common and painful disease in calves. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 01 ...

Future national hoof care and lameness standards to be set on the back of new Animal Health Ireland lameness programme.

In cow-calf operations lameness can also be connected to foot problems. Infectious conditions such as foot rot and digital dermatitis can occur. Some can be metabolic and mechanic ...

MANHATTAN, KAN. -- At any given time between 10 and 20 percent of cattle in the United States are afflicted with lameness, making it one of the most common ailments affecting feedlot and stocker ...

Dear Dr. Bob: Please discuss foot rot and bovine lameness. Answer: Lameness is foot or leg pain associated with movement. Bovine weight accelerates pain from sore feet causing reduced milk ...

Cattle lameness is a significant welfare and economic problem facing the livestock industry. Most of the focus has been on lameness within the national dairy herd, where there is a lameness ...

An early detection method for cow lameness (hoof disease), a major disease of dairy cattle, has now been developed from images of cow gait with an accuracy of 99 percent or higher by applying ...

Without good roadways and grazing infrastructure on dairy farms, grass utilisation is going to be limited as access to ...

Lame cows have lower milk production, reduced feed intake, and are less likely to display estrus, all of which increase the risk of culling. Therefore, it’s no wonder lameness is is considered ...