Handling and stunning at slaughter plants has greatly improved through the use of
numerical scoring. The purpose of this paper is to encourage the use of numerical scoring …

Since the first report of bovine digital dermatitis (DD) in 1974, there is a large body of the
literature published; however, effective prevention and control of the disease remain elusive …

Lameness and leg injuries are both painful and prevalent across the dairy industry, and are
a major welfare concern. There has been a considerable amount of research focused on …

In a herd of 100 milking Simmental cows, data of performance and behavior parameters
were collected automatically with different systems such as pedometers, an automatic …

Simple Summary Digital dermatitis causes lameness in cattle. Numerous studies have
identified multiple bacteria associated with these painful lesions. Several types of a spiral …

Bovine digital dermatitis (DD) is a leading cause of lameness in dairy cattle in the United
States, with prevalence estimates as high as 30%. Whereas clinical lesions have been well …

The first article to describe the macroscopic appearance of a large number of DD lesions
was done on 10 California dairies by Read and Walker in 1998. 1 A majority of the lesions …

Lameness is a detrimental health and welfare concern of dairy cattle with high prevalence in
North American herds. As a practical and farm-specific approach toward its mitigation in …

Tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) have been widely employed to treat bacterial infections and
other pathologic conditions in humans and pets. Although most of TCs have been almost …

Lameness is one of the most important welfare and productivity concerns in the dairy
industry. Our objectives were to obtain producers' estimates of its prevalence and their …