Investigating the Relationship between Claw Disorders and Milk Yield before and after Claw Trimming Using Modified Dutch Method in Three Egyptian Dairy Farms ... : التحقيق في العلاقة بين اضطرابات المخالب وإنتاجية الحليب قبل وبعد تقليم المخالب باستخدام الطريقة الهولندية المعدلة في ثلاثة مزارع ألبان مصرية ...

It is well known that treatment of foot lameness poses an enormous economic burden for milk producing farms.For this reason we herein developed a modification to Dutch method of claw trimming/unloading in order to treat these annoying disorders, simply and properly.Accordingly, milk yield of enrolled lame cows was evaluated following treatment.In total, 1.338 dairy cows from three Holstein-Friesian dairy farms located in El-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt were enrolled in this prospective study from January 2012 to August 2013 timeframe.Herein, prevalence of claw disorders were 4.2% for coriosis, 8... Mehr ...