Locomotion Disease Flashcards
locomotion disorders in cattle
- maily hooves, lower foot
- hock damage
- milk fever
- fractures or paralysis
hoof infections
Digital dermatitis = Mortellaro’s
Interdigital dermatitis = stable footrot/slurry heel
Interdigital phlegmona = footrot, foul in the foot
Sole ulcers
hoof diseases
- infections
- white line disease
- laminitis
- tyloma
causes for locomotion disorders can be
- Trauma
- Infection
- Hereditary/developmental
- Metabolic
- Nutritional
- Nervous
- Circulatory
thick hocks in cattle
- animal welfare issue
- hock trauma
- in specific farm up to 25% occurence in herd
thick hocks characteristics
o Trauma (inflammation, infection)
o More or less lame (eating less, behavioral changes)
o Low healing %
thick hocks causes
o Box sizes
o Box bedding
o Box hygiene
o Cow tracks
o Ineffective claw trimming
o Low BCS – other diseases or nutritional
o Low calcium levels
thick hock risks for other diseases
o Spread of bacteria in cow
o Mastitis
o NEB, ketosis, fatty liver
o Fertility problems (not showing symptoms anymore)
prevention of thick hocks
o Measure occurrence
o Risk identification
o Risk factor management
laminitis in cattle - what is it
inflammation of the corium of the hoof
where is laminitis most common
- back hooves
- after calving (due to change in diet)
laminitis possible causes
- endocrine disorders (mainly equine)
- supporting limb
- sepsis or endotoxins (nutritional cause) -> diet, overload of starches, protein, sugar (makes microorganisms dying, breaking down -> results in toxic wastes)
- low amount of fiber, microorganisms cant cope with it
laminitis subclinical and chronic risk factors
o Fresh cows
o Diet changes, rumen acidosis (pH of rumen goes down, bacteria die, toxins go into bloodstream) or SARA
o Trauma due to flooring
