Toe necrosis and non-healing hoof lesions in commercial dairy herds in Argentina
Published:September 2, 2019
Summary
Introduction Bovine lameness is an important condition in commercial dairy and beef operations worldwide. Its economic impacts include decreased reproductive performance and milk yield and increased culling rates, milk losses and labor. One relatively new finding in the field of lameness is the non-healing lesions (NHL) such as toe necrosis (Blowey, 1999; Tozzo, 2000) and wall ulcers (Holzhaue...