The effects of early treatment for hindlimb lameness in dairy cows on four commercial UK farms
The effects of early treatment for hindlimb lameness in dairy cows on four commercial UK farms
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.06.043
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Green, L. E.
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作者：
Leach, K. A.;Tisdall, D. A.;Green, L. E.
在四个商业奶牛场随机选择一组牛进行测试，在48小时内被检测到跛脚的一个或多个后肢在每两周的流动性评分治疗奶牛的“早期阈值”协议。对首次跛行病例进行早期阈值治疗的结果与农民的常规治疗方法进行了比较。早期阈值治疗方案的治疗时间比常规方法短得多，从奶牛首次跛行到治疗的中位时间为65天。早期阈值组出现不太严重的足部病变，与常规治疗的奶牛相比，农民选择牛进行进一步治疗的可能性较小。与对照组相比，早期阈值治疗降低了治疗后4周跛行的患病率。未检测到早期处理对产奶量的明显影响。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
An 'early threshold' protocol for treating cows within 48 h of being detected lame in one or more hind limbs at fortnightly mobility scoring was tested on a randomly selected group of cattle on four commercial dairy farms. The outcomes of the early threshold treatment for first cases of lameness were compared with those of the farmers' conventional approach to treatment.The early threshold schedule resulted in a much shorter time to treatment than the conventional approach, for which the median time from the cow first being scored lame to treatment was 65 days. The early threshold group presented with less severe foot lesions and cattle were less likely to be selected for further treatments by the farmer than conventionally treated cows. Early threshold treatment reduced the prevalence of lameness 4 weeks after treatment, compared with controls. A clear effect of the early treatment on milk yield was not detected. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.