Identifying and Preventing Lameness in Your Herd
Recent world wide studies have shown that Northern Climates are some of the worst for dairy cows developing lameness. Most of it is caused by infectious foot diseases. While it would be difficult to eliminate, there are ways it could be better managed.
Zinpro Corporation is a company that develops trace mineral nutrition for a variety of livestock. They also have a Dairy Lameness Assessment and Prevention Program.
provides the industry’s most comprehensive assessment of overall lameness risk factors on a dairy to help manage and prevent dairy cattle lameness.
The program provides:
- A scoring system that determines the severity of the lameness
- How to identify claw lesions as infectious or non-infectious
- How to identify and prevent Digital Dermatitis
- Hoof Trimming Tips
The company's website offers many free tips and video series on lameness. There's also books, videos and apps that can be purchased and used in the barn.
SOURCE: Zinpro Corporation
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