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!
HURWITZ 10TH ANNUAL SALE – Hoof Trimming Dairy Smid would like to congratulate Simeon, Jarren and the team, with a once again excellent presented sale, going from strength to strength! DairySmid has been part of this event, as a sponsor for the last 8 years, seeing the event reach new heights every year! The Hoof…
In this series of different reasons why cows go lame, I want to mention a very important principle, namely, the role that concrete plays in lameness.
In part 1 of this series, I explained why we often see cattle with long claws and I touched on the principles that must be kept in mind whenever the subject of feet comes up.
24 years after Parma 2000, the International Symposium and International Conference on Lameness in Ruminants (respectively the 14th and 22nd) returns to Italy. We are extremely grateful that in Tokyo friends and colleagues enthusiastically welcomed the Italian candidacy. Venice was chosen for various reasons, first of all for its atmosphere of mystery and magic which…
The role that concrete plays in dairy cow lameness cannot be overemphasised. This is something that was explained in Part 2 of this series. To understand why dairy cows so often become lame in the hind feet, we need to study this aspect.
In die ewig veranderende wêreld waarin ons lewe, is ’n goeie, gesonde verhouding tussen die veearts en die hoefsmid belangrik om te verseker dat die boer op die voorpunt bly.