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The Effect of Lameness on Milk Production in Friesian-Holstein Cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

J.B. Merritt ,
F.J. Manson ,
W.B. Russell  and
D.Y. Downham
J.B. Merritt
Affiliation:
Dept. Veterinary Clinical Science, Leahurst, Neston, S. Wirral
F.J. Manson
Affiliation:
Dept. Veterinary Clinical Science, Leahurst, Neston, S. Wirral
W.B. Russell
Affiliation:
School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool
D.Y. Downham
Affiliation:
Dept. Statistics and Computational Mathematics, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool
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In a recent study carried out over three years, on a commercial Cheshire dairy herd, 86% of animals were found to be lame at some time. This level of disease is considerably higher than has been reported, (Rowlands, Russell and Williams, 1983; Dohoo, Martin, Meek and Sandals, 1983) and may have important economic implications.

Lameness has been associated with reduced 305 day yields (Rowlands and Lucey, 1986), lower than average lifetime yield (Cobo Abreu, Martin, Wiiloughby and Stone, 1979), lower yields in early lactation (Enevoldson and Grohn, 1991), and a reduction in percentage milk protein (Bigras-Poulin, Meek and Martin, 1990).

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 121
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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