Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Mobility Scoring of Finished Cattle.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice
- Year:
- 2017
- Authors:
- Edwards-Callaway, Lily N et al.
- Affiliation:
- Animal Welfare Specialist · United States
Abstract
Lameness is among the most important welfare and production issues affecting dairy cattle. Recently, it has received significant research emphasis. Certain events in 2013 within the cattle industry heightened the focus on mobility issues in finished cattle. Scoring systems are needed in the finished cattle industry to capture and measure mobility issues at packing facilities. The North American Meat Institute Animal Welfare Committee helped facilitate the creation of a scoring system to evaluate mobility of cattle at packing plants, providing the cattle industry with a tool to benchmark and improve the welfare of finished cattle.
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