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).

or

Detail description

1/1

or

Contribution detail info

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

Related content

IMPROVE BIOSECURITY WITH YOUR MULTI-ACTOR FARM HEALTH TEAM

Document

This factsheet explains how bringing a team of farmer, vet, feed and farm advisors together is sharing different sources of knowledge together, making the Multi Actor Farm Health approach an effective approach to improve biosecurity on poultry farms

COOPID infographic – Livestock sector

Image

An infographic providing a compact overview on Polish company approach to recycle organic waste and by-products.

Biosecurity Audit Tool

Slideshow/Presentation

This factsheet presents the biosecurity audit tool Biocheck Ugent, that can give a biosecurity scoring in poultry farms to measure biosecurity level.