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Footrot and Digital Dermatitis are now present in over 70% of dairy herds in the UK, causing severe lameness which leads to:
  • Loss of milk production
  • Reduced fertility
  • Decrease in animal value
  • AND time and money – lameness is the third most important cause of economic loss in the dairy herd
 
 
 
 
Patterns of lesions by calendar month
 
 
The rate of sole ulcers and digital dermatitis were also lower during the summer months (Graph 2). This suggests that the housed environment makes the risk of these causes of lameness higher.
 
Source: Summary Report of the EU Lamecow Project. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/bio/research/ee/ee/farmers/lamecow/
 
 
                           
 
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