The automated, reliable, and early detection of lameness is an important aim for the future development of modern dairy operations. One promising indicator of lameness is a change in the feeding behavior of a cow. In this study, the associations between feeding behavior and lameness were evaluated. A herd of 50 cows was investigated during the winter season in a freestall barn. Feeding behavior...

The reciprocal apparatus of the hindlimb means that similar lameness characteristics are shared by many causes of hindlimb lameness in both the proximal and distal parts of the limb. It is rarely possible by evaluation of gait alone to identify accurately the source of pain causing lameness, although a combination of clinical signs may lead the clinician to suspect a site of pain. It is only th...

Lameness detection can be challenging in dogs, as reflected in the reported low inter-rater agreement when visually assessing lameness. The aim of this study was to use an inertial sensor-based system to detect and quantify induced distal and proximal limb disturbances mimicking supporting and swinging limb lameness in dogs trotting on a treadmill by measuring vertical head and pelvic movement ...

Subjective evaluation of the horse in motion is the standard of practice for detection and evaluation of lameness in horses. Techniques for subjective evaluation are first learned in veterinary school and later developed by collegial transfer of knowledge, study of standard veterinary texts, and by experience. Nothing is better than experience at improving this skill. How one looks and what one...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to develop a validated, transient, chemically induced lameness model in sows using subjective and objective lameness detection tools. Experiment 1 determined an effective joint injection technique based on volume and placement of dye using feet collected from 9 fi nisher pigs and 10 multiparity cull sow carcasses. Experiment 2 confi rmed the injection t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate continuous wavelet transformation and neural network classification of gait data for detecting forelimb lameness in horses. ANIMALS 12 adult horses with mild forelimb lameness. PROCEDURE Position of the head and right forelimb foot, metacarpophalangeal (ie, fetlock), carpal, and elbow joints was determined by use of kinematic analysis before and after palmar digital...

Introduction Lameness is generally defined as “incapable of normal locomotion, deviating from the normal gate [1].” Lameness can result from damage to any of the structures involved in locomotion including the bones, muscles, tendons, nerves and blood supply of the shoulder, hock, stifle, foot, toe or hoof. A significant portion of lesions that can cause lameness are not visible on external exa...

Accepted: 14/06/2014 Abstract Lameness is a serious issue in the dairy industry, both economically and from an animal welfare perspective. The incidence of lameness in UK herds has been estimated to be around 20-25%. The study looked at the use of Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) and manual lameness scoring as a means for lameness detection in cattle. This was carried out at dairy unit i...

The objective of this study was to develop a validated, transient, chemically induced lameness model in sows using subjective and objective lameness detection tools. Experiment 1 determined an effective joint injection technique based on volume and placement of dye using feet collected from 9 finisher pigs and 10 multiparity cull sow carcasses. Experiment 2 confirmed the injection technique in ...