Report of lameness workshop (Harper adams) “lameness in the dairy cow”

By Borsberry, S. and Laven, R. and Livesey, C. and Logue, D. and Ossent, P. and Watson, C. L., Cattle Practice, 1999
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The workshop concentrated on the importance of lameness in the UK dairy industry and the practical methods of control and prevention. It is concluded that the annual losses due to lameness for an average 100 cow herd were about o20 per cow and that with limited inputs these losses could be more than halved. The importance of educating farmers is emphasised
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