The epidemiology of hoof-related lameness in western Canadian feedlot cattle

Authors

  • Sarah Erickson TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Goods (Formerly Feedlot Health), Okotoks Alberta, Canada T1S 2A2
  • Calvin Booker TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Goods (Formerly Feedlot Health), Okotoks Alberta, Canada T1S 2A2
  • Murray Jelinski Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5B4
  • Karen Schwartkopf-Genswein Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Alberta, Canada T1J 4V6
  • Eugene Janzen University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Calgary Alberta, Canada T2N 1N

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20228587

Keywords:

epidemiology, beef, digital dermatitis, lameness

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiol­ogy of hoof-related lameness (HRL) and digital dermatitis (DD) in western Canadian feedlots and inform recommendations on control and prevention. Animal health data (n = 1,772,565 head of cattle) from 28 western Canadian feedlots (2014-2018) were accessed though a proprietary database and analyzed using commercially available software. Lameness accounted for 25.73% of treatments with 71.70% being HRL, representing 18.62% of all treatments.

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Published

2023-07-17

Issue

No. 55 (2022): 2022 Annual Conference Proceedings

Section

Beef Sessions

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