Sergio Minini

IntroductionBovine 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 (Holzhauer, 20 ...

Introduction• Questions have risen on impact of many hoofbath chemicals on human health and the environment, and also concerns about water usage.• Topical spray disinfectant solutions are an interesting alternative to hoofbaths because they address those concerns.• While 1 L/cow disinfecting solution is standard recommendation in a hoofbath treatment, only 50 mL/cow would be require ...