Association between age and time from calving and reported lameness in a dairy herd in the Waikato region of New Zealand

References

• Alawneh JI, Laven RA, Stevenson MA. The effect of lameness on the fertility of dairy cattle in a seasonally breeding pasture-based system. Journal of Dairy Science 94, 5487–93, 2011 doi: 10.3168/jds.2011-4395
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• *Barrett DC. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cattle – should we use them more? Cattle Practice 12, 69–73, 2004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bicalho RC, Machado VS, Caixeta LS. Lameness in dairy cattle: a debilitating disease or a disease of debilitated cattle? A cross-sectional study of lameness prevalence and thickness of the digital cushion. Journal of Dairy Science 92, 3175–84, 2009 doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-1827
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Blowey R. Cattle lameness ‘Bovine bunions’: an additional hypothesis for the pathogenesis of sole ulcers. Veterinary Record 171, 130–1, 2012
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bryan M, Tacoma H, Hoekstra F. The effect of hindclaw height differential and subsequent trimming on lameness in large dairy cattle herds in Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 60, 349–55, 2012 doi: 10.1080/00480169.2012.698443
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chawala AR, Lopez-Villalobos N, Margerison JK, Spelman RJ. Genetic analysis of incidence of recorded clinical lameness in New Zealand dairy cattle. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 71, 126–30, 2011
   Google Scholar
• Chesterton RN, Lawrence KE, Laven RA. A descriptive analysis of the foot lesions identified during veterinary treatment for lameness on dairy farms in north Taranaki. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 56, 130–8, 2008 doi: 10.1080/00480169.2008.36821
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clarkson MJ, Downham DY, Faull WB, Hughes JW, Manson FJ, Merritt JB, Murray RD, Russell WB, Sutherst JE, Ward WR. Incidence and prevalence of lameness in dairy cattle. Veterinary Record 138, 563–7, 1996 doi: 10.1136/vr.138.23.563
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dewes HF. Some aspects of lameness in dairy herds. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 26, 147–59, 1978 doi: 10.1080/00480169.1978.34524
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fabian J, Laven RA, Whay HR. The prevalence of lameness on New Zealand dairy farms: a comparison of farmer estimate and locomotion scoring. The Veterinary Journal 201, 31–8, 2014 doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.05.011
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fourichon C, Seegers H, Malher X. Effect of disease on reproduction in the dairy cow: a meta-analysis. Theriogenology 53, 1729–59, 2000 doi: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00311-3
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• *Gibbs SJ. Dairy lameness in the South Island. http://www.sciquest.org.nz/node/69392 (accessed 24 January 2017). Proceedings of the 4th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium. Pp 424–7, 2010
   Google Scholar
• Kossaibati MA, Esslemont RJ. The costs of production diseases in dairy herds in England. The Veterinary Journal 154, 41–51, 1997 doi: 10.1016/S1090-0233(05)80007-3
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laven RA, Lawrence KE, Weston JF, Dowson KR, Stafford KJ. Assessment of the duration of the pain response associated with lameness in dairy cows, and the influence of treatment. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 56, 210–7, 2008 doi: 10.1080/00480169.2008.36835
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lawrence KE, Chesterton RN, Laven RA. Further investigation of lameness in cows at pasture: an analysis of the lesions found in, and some possible risk factors associated with, lame New Zealand dairy cattle requiring veterinary treatment. Journal of Dairy Science 94, 2794–805, 2011 doi: 10.3168/jds.2010-3643
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lim PY, Huxley JN, Willshire JA, Green MJ, Othman AR, Kaler J. Unravelling the temporal association between lameness and body condition score in dairy cattle using a multistate modelling approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 118, 370–7, 2015 doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.12.015
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• *Mahendran S, Bell N. Lameness in cattle 2. Managing claw health through appropriate trimming techniques. In Practice 37, 231–42, 2015. doi: 10.1136/inp.h2011
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mason WA, Laven LJ, Laven RA. An outbreak of toe ulcers, sole ulcers and white line disease in a group of dairy heifers immediately after calving. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 60, 76–81, 2012 doi: 10.1080/00480169.2011.634783
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Newsome R, Green MJ, Bell NJ, Chagunda MGG, Mason CS, Rutland CS, Sturrock CJ, Whay HR, Huxley JN. Linking bone development on the caudal aspect of the distal phalanx with lameness during life. Journal of Dairy Science 99, 4512–25, 2016 doi: 10.3168/jds.2015-10202
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Offer JE, McNulty D, Logue DN. Observations of lameness, hoof conformation and development of lesions in dairy cattle over four lactations. Veterinary Record 147, 105–9, 2000 doi: 10.1136/vr.147.4.105
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Somers JR, Huxley J, Lorenz I, Doherty ML, O’Grady L. The effect of lameness before and during the breeding season on fertility in 10 pasture-based Irish dairy herds. Irish Veterinary Journal 68, 14, 2015 doi: 10.1186/s13620-015-0043-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomas HJ, Miguel-Pacheco GG, Bollard NJ, Archer SC, Bell NJ, Mason C, Maxwell OJR, Remnant JG, Sleeman P, Whay HR, et al. Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows in a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Dairy Science 98, 4477–86, 2015 doi: 10.3168/jds.2014-8982
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomas HJ, Remnant JG, Bollard NJ, Burrows A, Whay HR, Bell NJ, Mason C, Huxley JN. Recovery of chronically lame dairy cows following treatment for claw horn lesions: a randomised controlled trial. Veterinary Record 178, 116–121, 2016 doi: 10.1136/vr.103394
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• *Toussaint Raven E. Cattle Footcare and Claw Trimming. The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury, UK, 2002
   Google Scholar
• Webster AJF. Effects of housing and two forage diets on the development of claw horn lesions in dairy cows at first calving and in first lactation. The Veterinary Journal 162, 56–65, 2001 doi: 10.1053/tvjl.2001.0569
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• *Non-peer-reviewed
   Google Scholar