Treatment of bovine foot conditions

Authors: Afford H
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 30, Issue 10, pp 162, Oct 1982
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Hoof/claw, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Limb - lower, Locomotor, Treatment/therapy
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: I should like to record our results with a product quite new on the market which, after an initial problem with the wrong glue being supplied, has proved most successful in this practice. As an alternative to digital amputation in the severely lame cow we have found “Hoof Blocks”, which are purchased as a kit, to provide a very cheap, convenient and effective cure. For the purposes of our investigation into the usefulnes of Hoof Blocks we divided the causes of lameness originating in the digits into four broad categories:…

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