Lameness in dairy cows: farmer perceptions and automated detection technology
| Autor: | Tamsin S. Barnes, John D Wright, A.R. Rabiee, Kate J. Dutton-Regester |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Technology
040301 veterinary sciences media_common.quotation_subject Dairy farmer Foot lesions Lameness Animal Cattle Diseases Animal Welfare 0403 veterinary science Agricultural science Perception Animals Productivity media_common Farmers Dairy herds 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine 040201 dairy & animal science Product (business) Dairying Lameness Animal Science and Zoology Cattle Female Business Welfare Food Science |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of dairy research. 87(S1) |
| ISSN: | 1469-7629 |
| Popis: | This Research Reflection provides an overview of three interrelated topics: (i) lameness in dairy cows, demonstrating the underpinning importance of the condition, (ii) dairy farmer detection, diagnosis and treatment of lameness and associated foot lesions as well as dairy farmer perceptions towards the condition and (iii) lameness detection technologies, and their potential application on farm to automate the detection of lameness in commercial dairy herds. The presented literature clearly demonstrates that lameness is a major health issue in dairy herds, compromising dairy cow welfare and productivity, and resulting in significant economic implications for dairy farmers. Despite this, dairy farmers fail to perceive lameness as a serious threat to their dairy business. This restricted perception of the importance of lameness may be a product of limited ability to detect lame cows. Many automated lameness detection technologies have been proposed to assist dairy farmers in managing their herds. However, limitations such as cost, performance and dairy farmer perception of the usefulness of these technologies, has lead to poor uptake. It can, therefore, be concluded that there is a need to more thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of these technologies under on-farm conditions, potentially in the form of a demonstration farm network. This will allow generation of the necessary data required to show dairy farmers that these technologies are reliable and are economically rational for their dairy business. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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