Table 1 General information about the 10 study farms, number of milking cows present during the study, % lame cows (LS ≥ 3), number of cows submitted for treatment by foot trimming, number of lesions recorded during foot trimming and % of lesions categorised as infectious or non-infectious
From: Foot lesions in lame cows on 10 dairy farms in Ireland
Farm | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of cows | 146 | 115 | 185 | 100 | 80 | 150 | 72 | 120 | 157 | 79 |
% LS ≥ 3 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 8.8 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 9.2 | 17.2 | 13.9 |
No. treated | 11 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 11 |
No. of lesions recorded | 19 | 44 | 74 | 44 | 24 | 78 | 27 | 35 | 105 | 39 |
% infectious lesions | 10.5 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 38.6 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 11.1 | 17.1 | 20.9 | 10.3 |
% non-infectious lesions | 89.5 | 90.9 | 89.2 | 61.4 | 91.7 | 92.3 | 88.9 | 82.9 | 79.1 | 89.7 |