lameness

The findings of the UK's largest survey of dairy cow mobility and foot health highlights there is still a significant opportunity to reduce the economic, welfare, social and environmental consequences of compromised mobility

Identifying and addressing lameness pinch points as part of a structured review has helped one dairy farming family reduce cases by almost half

Managing lameness is an all-year-round task, with care needed to ensure problems do not arise when cattle are at grass

Recent studies have shown there is a strong link between genetics and lameness within dairy cattle.

A new Innovate UK-funded agri-tech project with the potential to transform the detection and treatment of dairy cow lameness is underway in South West England

With footrot endemic among the national sheep flock, a recent AHDB webinar discussed the findings of a clinical trial looking at alternative vaccinations for the disease. Katie Fallon reports.