Congratulations to the NTABA NYONI Team, with an excellent auction, on the 2nd of March. Well planned and executed.
It is a pleasure for Dairy Smid Hoof Trimming, to be associated and to contribute as a sponsor.
Well done.
RuVASA Congress – Hoof Trimming Dairy Smid a member of RuVASA, attended the 2023 Congress for Veterinarians. DairySmid also sponsored the presentation about Lameness and the Effect on the Dairy Herd by Dr Mark Chimes. Congratulations to RuVASA and Vet360 on a professional congress presented!
Seasonal Lameness. After the good rainy season we had this year, many grazing dairies experienced more lameness than usual. The types of lameness that we found in these situations were thin soles and toe ulcers.
Bacterial Lameness. These lesions are the result of bacterial infections. Examples of conditions causing bacterial lameness are foot rot and digital dermatitis. In general, it is easier to treat bacterial lameness than mechanical lameness.
Dairysmid Hoof Trimming had the privilege to demonstrate our passion Hoof Trimming and Consultation, to the veterinarians, at the SAVA Eastern Free State Branch Congress at the Zuidkop Country Lodge, Clocolan.
In the first few articles of this series, I explained how hard and non-yielding surfaces cause lameness in cows and why we see more mechanical lameness in dairy cows than in beef cows. Although standing on concrete is known to be the single most important risk factor for mechanical lameness, as it is for sole…
Hoof health is essential for a beef or dairy cattle herd to perform optimally, and nutrition and good hoof care should form part of any animal health programme.