Pressure Distribution of Claws of Lactating Cows Standing on Different Types of Flooring
Published:May 24, 2017
Summary
Introduction
The incidence of lameness is so high in many dairy herds that treatment of all lame cows is not feasible (Horseman et al., 2013). Because soft barn flooring may alleviate the problem of claw horn lesions, we conducted a study to measure the ground reaction forces and pressure distribution in claws on 4 different surfaces.
Materials and Methods
Using a force pl...