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Table 3 Percentage of farms with each surface material present within the first fifty metres of cow track following the collecting yard and on the cow track in use on the day of the grazing visit, from 99 spring-calving, pasture-based farms. For the cow track in use, surface material was recorded at the estimated half-way point between the collecting yard and the paddock and the end-point of this cow track

From: Lameness prevalence and management practices on Irish pasture-based dairy farms

Cow track surface material

Farms (%)

First 50 m

Cow track in use

Subsoil

83

91

Concrete (smooth, grooved)

70

38

Concrete slats

26

1

Stones/gravel

19

18

Earthen (grass/soil)

7

42

Tarmac

5

1

Astro-turf

1

0