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Cattle LAMENESS IN DAIRY HERDS SEPTEMBER 2016

Chris F

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Moderator
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Hammerwich
Lameness in Dairy Herds



Practical Foot Trimming (Dutch 5 Step Method)
Ninety percent of lameness in dairy cows arises from conditions of the feet......




Mobility Scoring - How Do You Score
Foot health and good mobility are essential to the good welfare and productivity....




White Line Lesions
White line lesion is the second most common claw disease affecting dairy cattle, with 5.5 cases....




Sole Ulceration - Causes, Treatment and Control
Sole ulcers affect approximately 6 dairy cows per 100 annually in the UK, but the range on UK farms....




Digital Dermatitis - Causes Treatment and Control
Bovine digital dermatitis is an infectious condition of the foot cause by bacteria called Treponemes....




Foot bathing
Unhygienic conditions underfoot are a major cause of skin infections in the feet....




Cubicle Comfort
Cow comfort is fundamentally important for foot health, but also has implications for cow wellbeing.....




Cow Tracks
Whilst the best walking surface for cows is probably pasture, pasture will not withstand.......




Foul in the Foot
Foul-in-the-foot is an infection found between the digits. It affects the tissues under.......




Pain Management in Livestock
Pain in farm animals is typically assessed by changes in general body functions....




Downer Cow
The downer cow is not very well defined. It is simply a cow that on examination ought to rise but doesn't....


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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

This webinar will be...
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