Targeting foot health in the dry cow group improves overall dairy herd health and performance

Frequent footbathing of dry cows combined with preventive foot trimming is enabling digital dermatitis incidence to be maintained at the 2% level at Marcross Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan

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Tony and Hopkin Evans

Previously, Hopkin Evans who farms a 180-cow Holstein herd alongside his father Tony at Marcross Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan, was buying 24 cans of oxytetracycline spray at one go to treat digital dermatitis....

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