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    • 3. Animal nutrition and feeding
    • 4. Water management and supply
    • 5. Fertility and breeding
    • 6. Calving, calf rearing & young stock management
    • 7. Milking and milk hygiene/ handling
    • 8. Animal housing
    • 9. Animal health
    • 10. Hoof Care
    • 11. Planning, starting or expansion of a dairy farm
    • 12. Communication & extension
    • 13. Mechanization of the dairy farm
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3.16

Scoring of locomotion and hoof condition

Level 1 - Basic Farmers
Introduction
1. You will learn about...
2. Introduction
3. Introduction Cont'd...
4. Parts of a cow's foot
5. Lameness
6. Environmental factors affecting lameness
7. Management and housing factors affecting lameness
8. Feeding practices affecting lameness
9. Animal factors affecting lameness
10. Weight bearing on hooves
11. Other factors causing lameness
12. Diseases associated with lameness
13. Hard and soft feet and foot rot
14. Heel erosions and laminitis
15. Sole ulcers
16. Digital dermatitis and interdigital dermatirtis
17. Hock and leg injuries
18. Hoof scoring
19. Hoof and foot injuries
20. Feeding management to prevent hoof issues
21. Cow barn floors
22. Cow barn beddings
23. Hoof trimming
24. Foot baths and disinfectants
25. Locomotion scoring : Score 1 and 2
26. Locomotion score 3 and 4
27. Locomotion score 5
28. Take home message/summary