Background: Epidemiological studies have used farmer estimates of the prevalence of lameness in their flocks. This assumes that farmers can identify lame sheep. Eight movie clips of sheep with locomotion from sound to moderately lame were used to investigate the ability of farmers and sheep specialists to recognise lame sheep. Each participant was asked to complete a form and indicate, for each...

A.R. 2010. Modelling the economic impact of three lameness causing diseases using herd and cow level evidence. Abstract 16 Diseases to the cow's hoof, interdigital skin and legs are highly prevalent and of large 17 economic impact in modern dairy farming. In order to support farmer's decisions on 18 preventing and treating lameness and its underlying causes, decision support models 19 can be us...

Subchondral bone pain is often the result of a stress-adaptation mismatch injury involving the condyles of the third metacarpal/metatarsal bones, frequently involving both forelimbs or both hindlimbs, or all four limbs. Therefore the presenting complaint is usually loss of action or decline in performance, rather than overt lameness. The horse may have a short scratchy trot and prefer to canter...

A study published in 1996 by the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) indicated that 15% of cows culled from dairy herds in the United States were culled as a “direct effect” of lameness. This sounds reasonable until one considers that the “indirect effects” of lameness on production and reproduction are estimated to account for an additional 49.1% of culling in US herds. Although t...

B ► ooks have been written 'on this important subject (such as Lameness in Cattle by Greenough et al) which attests to its importance and widespread occurrence among cattle. As in any other species in which lameness is common, there are numerous causes, but specific problems involving the feet would probably account for about 95 percent of the cases encountered. Foot rot is the term used to den...

BACKGROUND Navicular bone partition is a rare condition reported in horses, which is during the evaluation of a lameness or prepurchase examination often misinterpreted for a parasagittal fracture. In this report, the clinicopathological findings of three cases of navicular bone partition are evaluated. The possible pathomechanisms underlying the condition are hypothesised, focusing on a potent...

The importance of lameness in primiparous dairy heifers is increasingly recognised. Although it is accepted that clinical lameness in any lactation increases the risk of future lameness, the impact of foot lesions during the first lactation on long-term lameness risk is less clear. This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the impacts of foot lesions occurring around the time of firs...

Case DescriptionTwo foals were referred for lameness evaluation. Case 1 was an 8-month-old male KWPN foal and the second one was a 2-day-old female Arabian foal. Clinical FindingsThe KWPN foal was presented with severe lameness at walk and the second foal was unable to stand. In both patients luxation of the patella was confirmed on physical and radiological examinations. Treatment and OutcomeP...

A 7 yr old spayed female Chihuahua presented for right hind limb lameness and reduced stifle range of motion. Radiographs showed a marked patella baja of the right stifle and evidence of a previous surgery to correct a medial patellar luxation. A tibial tuberosity osteotomy was performed to allow proximal translation of the tibial tuberosity, which was stabilized with a tibial tuberosity advanc...

There has been a great increase in interest in veterinary acupuncture and chiropractic care in the equine area recently, both by the public and the veterinary medical community. With this increased awareness, there has been an increase in research and thus, a better understanding of the physiologic basis and the clinical applications of these modalities. One of the main clinical applications in...