Preventing hoof damage through the management of the environment and cows and instituting an effective hoof care programme are the key ways of preventing lameness in dairy herds.
Teagasc has provided advice on reducing lameness in Irish dairy herds with 17 actions for farmers in a new publication that it released in recent days.
Firstly, it looks at preventing hoof damage through the management of the environment.
Teagasc advises you to create this in conjunction with your vet, advisor and hoof trimmer.
It will outline the plan for monitoring and treating lameness in your herd.
Key components, the state agency says, are:
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