Epidemiologic Investigation of Dairy Herd Lameness

Authors

  • Dale A. Moore Department of Veterinary Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926634

Keywords:

lameness, herd management, cow disease status, epidemiology

Abstract

Lameness in dairy cattle can lead to weight loss, reduced milk production and reproductive problems. In an effort to investigate a lameness problem in a Pennsylvania dairy herd, a form was developed to objectively assess herd management and cow disease status that could be used to investigate the outbreak of herd lameness. Use of these forms, coupled with Dairy Herd Improvement Association production records and ration evaluations can be used to generate hypotheses for causes of herd lameness problems.

Cover image of the Third Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 3

Section

Epidemiology