White-line disease and haemorrhages in hooves of Finnish dairy cattle

• Published in: Preventive veterinary medicine Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 18 - 27
• Main Authors: Kujala, Minna, Dohoo, Ian R., Soveri, Timo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2010; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier
• Subjects: animal housing; Animal Welfare; Animals; Breed; Breeding; Cattle; cattle breeds; cattle diseases; Cattle Diseases - epidemiology; Cattle Diseases - etiology; Cattle Diseases - pathology; Dairy cattle; Dairying - methods; disease prevalence; Farm-type; Female; Finland - epidemiology; foot diseases; Foot Diseases - epidemiology; Foot Diseases - pathology; Foot Diseases - veterinary; Foot Ulcer - epidemiology; Foot Ulcer - pathology; Foot Ulcer - veterinary; Haemorrhages; hemorrhage; Hoof and Claw - pathology; Hoof lesions; hooves; Housing, Animal; lactation; Lactation - physiology; Lactational risk; Lameness, Animal; lesions (animal); Logistic Models; Odds Ratio; Parity; Pregnancy; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; White-line disease; Finland; Hoof lesions; Breed; White-line disease; Lactational risk; Dairy cattle; Haemorrhages; Parity; Farm-type

The Finnish Healthy Hooves Project was set up to determine the frequency of, and risk factors for, various hoof lesions in Finnish dairy herds. Data were collected in 2003 and 2004. A large data set of >74,000 cow-level observations recorded by hoof-trimmers were merged with production data from...