Foot Health: Top tips on foul in the foot and corkscrew claw

Managing on-farm risk factors is key to preventing cases of both foul in the foot and corkscrew claw in the dairy herd

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Foul can affect both grazing and housed herds and Ms Pedersen advises keeping feet as clean as possible and maintaining walkways to minimise risk of infection.
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Foul can affect both grazing and housed herds and Ms Pedersen advises keeping feet as clean as possible and maintaining walkways to minimise risk of infection.

While foul in the foot and corkscrew claw are not considered major causes of lameness among the UK's dairy herds, they can have serious impacts on cow health, particularly in the case of foul. Sara...

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