Results of Lameness Studies and Getting Advice to Dairy Producers

"We are not exercising the vision needed or being sufficiently proactive to put that knowledge to work on the farm" said Paul Greenough in Orlando in 2002. Putting it more simply, our research and investigational results are not arriving on the dairy farm, either as preventive measures -the theme of our Maribor meeting - or as therapy. Why ? The symposia of our meetings are abstracted by CABI (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International), many of the papers are submitted shortly after oral presentation here for publication in refereed journals, and some symposia papers may be highlighted in lay publications (e.g. "Hoards Dairyman" in the USA and "Dairy Farmer" in the UK)and in sundry non-refereed publications. Some papers are put onto personal (e.g. Paul Greenough www.cow.doc.net) and paraprofessional websites such as the UK foot trimmers group (www.nacft.co.uk). Several other countries will have similar arrangements. Some material is filtered out ...