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VikingNews UK 02 2017
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4 vikingnews | june 2017 d airy farmers around the world face serious prob- lems with
hoof
issues in their livestock. the problem is usually called lameness but in reali- ty, it is much deeper than just a number of lame
cows
. the number of
cows
suffering from
hoof
diseases is actually much greater than the number of lame
cows
. in countries, using grazing based systems
cows
have a life without
hoof
problems ? is it possible? good
hoof
health
is one of the main issues for good animal welfare and profitable production on a dairy farm. at the same time, it is difficult to effectively control
hoof
health
because of multifactorial nature of most of the lesions. only optimal set of measures including housing, feed and animal management as well as genetic improvement of disease resistance will bring
hoof
problems to an acceptably low level. by dr. evgenij telezhenko - phd, department of biosystems and technology, swedish university of agricultural sciences, alnarp, sweden. to walk very long distances on tracks with often poor quality, and spend significant time standing on concrete during the milking time. the harsher environment together with great meta- bolic pressure and generally decreased robustness of the modern dairy
cows
due to intensive selection on milk production has made
hoof
health
an escalating problem, breeding advisors at work
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