Care of the Foot of the Dairy Cow

Abstract

The dairy cow's foot has received little attention until very recently and those who have worked with cattle lamenesses have worked in relative obscurity. These conditions are no longer true and the bovine lameness specialist is being accorded his rightful place in the veterinary profession. A recent week-long seminar in Utrecht, Holland on cattle foot lameness attended by 20 invited specialists from around the world; the book, Cattle Lameness, by Greenough, MacCallum and Weaver; and the statement by a Wisconsin bovine practitioner, "If you won't treat their lame cattle you won't be called to treat their other disease problems," all attest to the widespread recognition of dairy cattle foot problems.