Dairy cattle-welfare expert, Jan Shearer, is spearheading a new research project to determine whether claw-lesion treatments on farms in the US and Canada are successful or detrimental to a cow’s hoof. “Funding for our studies permitted us to work on a clinically important issue that is nearly impossible to get support for from other granting agencies or companies,” he explains. “Until this study, there has been no documentation of claw-lesion treatment practices in these countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that treatments used by practitioners and hoof trimmers are empirical and we speculate, in some cases, potentially detrimental.” To read more, click HERE.
Published on Tuesday, 1st December 2015 - 11:52
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