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Predicting lameness in dairy cattle using untargeted liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and machine learning (2023)
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Lameness in dairy cattle is a highly prevalent condition that impacts on the health and welfare of dairy cows. Prompt detection and implementation of effective treatment is important for managing lameness. However, major limitations are associated wi... Read More about Predicting lameness in dairy cattle using untargeted liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and machine learning.

Use of qualitative behavioural assessment to investigate affective states of housed dairy cows under different environmental conditions (2023)
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In addition to the reduction of suboptimal welfare, there is now a need to provide farmed animals with positive opportunities to provide confidence that they have experienced a life worth living. Diversification of the environment through environment... Read More about Use of qualitative behavioural assessment to investigate affective states of housed dairy cows under different environmental conditions.

Effects of routine treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at calving and when lame on the future probability of lameness and culling in dairy cows: A randomized controlled trial (2022)
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Claw horn lesions (CHL) are reported as the most common cause of lameness in intensive dairy systems. Despite their prevalence, the underlying pathological mechanisms and preventive strategies for CHL remain poorly understood. Recent advances have po... Read More about Effects of routine treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at calving and when lame on the future probability of lameness and culling in dairy cows: A randomized controlled trial.

Use of statistical modelling to investigate the pathogenesis of claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle (2018)
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Claw horn disruption lesions (CHDLs) in dairy cattle account for a large proportion of lameness. The aim of this review is to provide an update on the evidence surrounding the pathogenesis of CHDLs, in the context of how statistical modelling has con... Read More about Use of statistical modelling to investigate the pathogenesis of claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle.

The contribution of previous lameness events and body condition score to the occurrence of lameness in dairy herds: a study of 2 herds (2017)
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It has been demonstrated that low body condition and previous occurrence of lameness increase the risk of future lameness in dairy cows. To date the population attributable fraction (PAF), which provides an estimate of the contribution that a risk fa... Read More about The contribution of previous lameness events and body condition score to the occurrence of lameness in dairy herds: a study of 2 herds.

Lameness in dairy heifers; impacts of hoof lesions present around first calving on future lameness, milk yield and culling risk (2016)
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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-t... Read More about Lameness in dairy heifers; impacts of hoof lesions present around first calving on future lameness, milk yield and culling risk.