Prevalent Foot Disorders In Relation To Reproductive Performance In Cattle

Faculty Veterinary Medicine Year: 2013
Type of Publication: Theses Pages: 204
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BibID 11680855
Keywords : Veterinary Surgery    
Abstract:
The present study was set up to assess the prevalence of foot dIsorders In five dairy-cow farms in and around Sharki provincs s with thereproductive performance of lame animalsAnimals were evaluated using locomotion scoring clinical and oistopathological examination. Nine hundred and forty eight animals out of 2600 were diagnosed with different foot disorders. The prevalence of foot disorders was recorded with regard to the affsconng. An attempt for the surgical management of diagnosed footdisorders and their posttreatment follow-up was adopted, in additionto the relationship between different foot disorders and locomotionscoring with reproductive performance of affected animals.Foot disorders represented an overall prevalence of 36.46 %where those of the hind feet represented 28.54 % and the fore feet9.08 %. Foot disorders were more prevalent in winter (20.16 %)than in summer (16.32 %). Moreover, most of foot disorders weresignificantly increased with increasing lactation number and thehighest prevalence of foot disorders were recorded in the first 100days in milk (11.42 %). The prevalence of foot disorders withlocomotion score 2, 3, 4 and 5 accounted for 40.3, 34.3, 9.6 and15.8 % respectively.The most common foot disorders recorded in the examined cowswere; A- Laminitis-related claw disorders, including subclinical- 
   
     
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