Prevalence of Lameness in Dairy and Beef Cattle of Marvdasht Area during the Winter

Lameness is considered to be a major welfare and economic problem on dairy farms (6, 7). Lameness economically rank third or fourth after mastitis, infertility and possibly metabolic diseases (1,2,5). Since no report was available about the incidence of lameness in Marvdasht area, this investigation was performed. Materials and Methods During winter of 1997, dairy and beef cattle of 68 farms of Marvdasht area were examined for lameness. Marvdasht is located in the north of Fars province in south Iran. These farms represent about 60 percent of total ...