OBJECTIVE
To compare milk yield among cows classified as nonlame, moderately lame, and lame and to examine the relationship between severity of lameness and milk yield in cows classified as lame during the first 100 days after parturition.
DESIGN
Longitudinal study.
ANIMALS
465 Holstein cows.
PROCEDURE
Cows were examined weekly during the first 100 days after parturition and assigned a la...