The rise in the demand for animal products due to demographic and dietary changes has
exacerbated difficulties in addressing societal concerns related to the environment, human …

The prevention and control of endemic pathogens within and between farms often depends
on the adoption of best management practices. However, farmers regularly do not adopt …

Simple Summary Farm animal welfare is a complex issue linking several academic
disciplines, including animal science, veterinary, psychology, sociology, and agricultural …

Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers
also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes …

Although precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies ensure various dimensions of more
precise information, the question arises to what extent additional preciseness provides more …

Time constraints for dairy farmers are an important factor contributing to the under-detection
of lameness, resulting in delayed or missed treatment of lame cows within many commercial …

Lameness is a tremendous problem in intensively managed dairy herds all over the world. It
has been associated with considerable adverse effects on animal welfare and economic …

Lameness is one of the most significant endemic disease problems facing the dairy industry.
Claw horn lesions (principally sole hemorrhage, sole ulcer, and white line disease) are …

Lameness is a leading animal welfare concern in the dairy industry. Multiple stakeholders
are involved in lameness management on a dairy farm, including farmers, hoof trimmers …

Implications Dairy farmers and veterinarians share concerns about disease and pain
management; however, differences in beliefs about disease prevalence and the pain …