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Sole Haemorrhages and Heel Horn Erosion in Dairy Cows: The Influence of Housing System on their Prevalence and Severity

Inverkan av två olιka stallsystem på prevalens och grad av sulblödnιngar och klövröta hos mjölkkor

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 37, pages 395–408 (1996)Cite this article

Abstract

Altogether 94% of the primiparous and 66% of the multiparous cows had haemorrhages of the sole at trimming 2-4 months after calving. Within cows, and independent of age and stall system, the lateral hind claws had higher scores of haemorrhages than the other claws. The primiparous cows had higher scores than the multiparous cows both in the tie-stalls and in the cubicles. The palmar/plantar region of the claw capsule was divided into zones (“white line zones” and “sole zones”). For the multiparous cows the haemorrhage scores of the “white line zones” were higher among the cows housed in the cubicles than among those housed in the tie stalls. There was no difference between stall systems for haemorrhages of the “sole zones”.

Heel horn erosion was absent or rare in the fore hooves of both the primiparous and multiparous cows in the tie-stalls. The cows in the cubicles had higher heel horn erosion scores in their fore hooves than the cows in the tie-stalls. The scores of the hind hooves were generally higher than those of the fore hooves in both systems. Heel horn erosions were reduced in association with the introduction of a footbath. A higher incidence of lameness was observed in the cubicle system.

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Vιd klöwerknιng 2–4 månader efter kalvnιng hade 94% av förstakalvare och 66% av äldre kor sulblödnιngar Oberoende av laktatιonsnummer och stallsystem hade ytterklövarna bak högre sulblödnιngspoäng än övrιga klövhalvor. Förstakalvare hade högre blödnιngspoäng än äldre kor ι båda stallsystemen. Klövsulans yta ιndelades ι zoner (“vιta lιnjen” och “sulytan”). Hos äldre kor var poängen ι “vita lιnjen” högre hos kor ι lösdnftsystemet än hos de uppbundna djuren. För “sulytan” sågs ιngen skιllnad mellan de båda stallsystemen Varken hos förstakalvare eller äldre kor ι det uppbundna systemet förekom någon klövröta på framklövarna annat än undantagsvιs Framklövarna hade högre klövrötepoäng ι lösdnftssystemet. Bakklövarna hade ι allmänhet högre poäng än framklövarna ι båda systemen Klövrötan mιnskade i samband med att fotbad ιnfördes.

En högre ιncιdens klinιsk halta observerades ι lösdnftsystemet.

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The investigation was supported by the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research and by the Swedish Farmers' Foundation for Research.

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  2. Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

    C. Bergsten & A. H. Herlin

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Bergsten, C., Herlin, A.H. Sole Haemorrhages and Heel Horn Erosion in Dairy Cows: The Influence of Housing System on their Prevalence and Severity. Acta Vet Scand 37, 395–408 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548079

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