Lesions causing lameness requiring veterinary treatment in pasture‐fed dairy cows in East Gippsland

Jubb, T. F.; Malmo, J.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1991.tb09836.x

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“…In an epidemiological-study of dairy cow lameness involving 37 farms, the incidence of specific lesions associated with lameness were significantly higher in the winter time than in summer, particularly claw diseases such as heel horn erosion [15]. In New Zealand, Tranter and Morris (1991) showed that a peak incidence of lameness occurred during the winter and the late spring, its onset being associated with wet weather conditions [16]; a similar trend was reported by Jubb and Malmo (1991) [17]. In the USA, there was little difference in seasonal prevalence of lameness in milking cows, 13.7% occurring in summer and 16.7% in spring [18].…”

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Breed and Season Effects on the Claw Lesions of Dairy Cows in Ardebil, Iran

Madadzadeh¹

2013

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Seasonal and breed effects on the prevalence and type of claw lesions were investigated on 24854 cases of culled cows at central abattoir in the vicinity of Ardebil in Iran during twelve consecutive months. After recording information for each case, the feet were amputated and ground surface of the claws were pared for more morphopathological study. The prevalence rate of claw lesion among all cases was 24.2 per cent. The claws lesion in local cows (24.4 %) was more than imported Holstein cows (22.5 %) (P< 0.05). Most lesions occurred in the feet; the commonest were heel horn erosion (48.3 %), white line disease (25.1 %), laminitis (12.2 %), sole ulcer (10.3 %) and septic traumatic pododermatitis (4.1 %). There was a significant effect of the frequent claw lesions in each breed (P< 0.05). Heel horn erosion was the commonest lesion in Holstein cows (41.2 %) and local cows (49.1 %) and septic traumatic pododermatitis in Holstein cows (4.7 %) and laminitis in local cows (3.4 %) were the lowest lesions. White line disease was ranked second in Holstein cows (24.2 %) and local cows (25.1 %). Significant differences were not seen between the season and claw lesions (P> 0.05). However, data analysis also revealed that claw lesions occurred with greater frequency during the warm season in local and Holstein cows. The results obtained from this study demonstrate that lameness is an important problem in dairy herd in Ardebil. Poor management in hoof trimming, locomotion monitoring and poor quality of floors were the common causes of claw lesions.

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Breed and Season Effects on the Claw Lesions of Dairy Cows in Ardebil, Iran

Madadzadeh¹

2013

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“…It occurs as a result of laminitis and long standing on hard floors. We diagnosed it in 0.51% of animals, while in Australia it is diagnosed in 17-22% of cows (Jubb, Malmo, 1991;Malmo and Vermunt, 1999).…”

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Frequency of some acropodium diseases in dairy cows in Serbia

Milosavljević¹,

Savic-Stevanovic²

2013

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The research included 520 dairy cows on 64 mini-farms in mountainous Serbian areas, with the goal to acquire an insight on acropodium diseases frequency in dairy cows, as well as distribution of hoof alterations. In 56.25% of farms, animals were kept tied in the stable, while 43.75% were grazing regularly or occasionally. Only 10.94% of farms were free of hoof acropodium alterations. Extremely bad hygienic conditions were noted in 18.75% of farms, where 74.01% of animals had acropodium lesions. Based on clinical analysis of 520 dairy cows, 388 of them were diagnosed with acropodium alternations: overgrown hooves (in 21.91% of animals), shoe-like hooves (7.22%), scissors-like (17.27%) and spiral hooves (8.76%). Wounded acropodium skin was diagnosed in 1.8%, interdigital phlegmon in 9.02%, aseptic pododermatitis in 3.61%, digital dermatitis in 4.89%, interdigital dermatitis in 3.09%, hoof ulcer in 3.35%, interdigital blister in 4.89%, hollow hoof wall in 6.18%, horn wall rupture in 0.51%, heel abscess in 3.09%, tendovaginitis in 3.85% and crown joint displacement in 0.26% of animals. We found no pathological lesions of the acropodium in 132 animals (25.38%)

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“…Because thorough diagnostic examination of lame bulls was not performed, it is not possible to quantify the proportions of bulls that were lame due to each of feet or joint issues. It has been shown in pasture-based dairy systems that over 90% of lameness in cows is caused by foot lesions (Jubb and Malmo, 1991;Tranter and Morris, 1991;Murray et al, 1996;Chesterton et al, 2008). Because the bulls in our study were exposed to the same risk factors for lameness as the milking cows in our herds, it is likely that a high proportion of lame bulls were lame due to foot-related lesions.…”

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An assessment of dairy herd bulls in southern Australia: 2. Analysis of bull- and herd-level risk factors and their associations with pre- and postmating breeding soundness results

Hancock

Younis²,

Beggs

et al. 2016

Journal of Dairy Science

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In pasture-based, seasonally calving dairy herds of southern Australia, the mating period usually consists of an initial artificial insemination period followed by a period of natural service using herd bulls. The primary objective of this study was to identify associations between individual bull- and herd-level management factors and bull fertility as measured by a pre- and postmating bull breeding soundness evaluation (BBSE). Multivariable mixed effects logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with bulls being classified as high risk of reduced fertility at the premating and postmating BBSE. Bulls older than 4 yr of age at the premating BBSE were more likely to be classified high risk compared with bulls less than 4 yr of age. Bulls that were in herds in which concentrates were fed before mating were more likely to be classified as high risk at the postmating BBSE compared with bulls that were in herds where concentrates were not fed. Univariable analyses also identified areas in need of further research, including breed differences between dairy bulls, leg conformation and joint abnormalities, preventative hoof blocking for bulls, and mating ratios.

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Lesions causing lameness requiring veterinary treatment in pasture‐fed dairy cows in East Gippsland

Cited by 30 publications

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Breed and Season Effects on the Claw Lesions of Dairy Cows in Ardebil, Iran

Breed and Season Effects on the Claw Lesions of Dairy Cows in Ardebil, Iran

Frequency of some acropodium diseases in dairy cows in Serbia

An assessment of dairy herd bulls in southern Australia: 2. Analysis of bull- and herd-level risk factors and their associations with pre- and postmating breeding soundness results

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