Strategic hoof trimming to improve herd health status and longevity
Lameness is a major animal welfare concern within the dairy industry, and leads to financial losses . Strategic hoof trimming, also knows as routine hoof trimming, is a preventative practice where the entire herd has their hooves examined (and trimmed if required).
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Contribution detail info
R4D
Resilience For Dairy
- Location
- Europe
- Authors
- EN - Natasha Browne
- DK - Ole Ulloriaq Lønberg-Jensen
- DE - Caroline Braquet
- SL - Marija Klopcic
- Purpose
- Education/Training
- Communication
- Dissemination
- File type
- Document
- File size
- 350 kB
- Created on
- 30-06-2024
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- R4D
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND
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