Morrison, R., Hanks, J., Orpin, P.G., Strain, S., Taylor, E.N. and Rose, D.C. | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | August 2024
The aim of this study was to better understand the challenges dairy farmers and veterinary surgeons in the UK face in the on-farm management of Johne’s disease with the intention of identifying possible solutions…
Roche, S.M., Renaud, D.L., Saraceni. J., Kelton, D.F. and DeVries, T.J. | Journal of Dairy Science | June 2024
The aim of this invited narrative review was to give an overview of current research on lameness and leg injuries in dairy cattle, with a focus on reviewing herd-level prevalence estimates, risk factors, prevention strategies, control and treatment of these conditions, and barriers to adopting best practice…
Griffiths, B.E., Barden, M., Anagnostopoulos, A., Bedford, C., Higgins, H., Psifidi, A., Banos, G. and Oikonomou, G. | Journal of Dairy Science | April 2024
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the association between claw anatomy and sole temperature with claw horn disruption lesion in dairy cows in early lactation…
Logan, F., McAloon, C.G., Ryan, E.G., Duane, M., Deane, B. and McAloon, C.I. | Journal of Dairy Science | December 2023
The aim of this observational study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of mobility scoring for the detection of foot lesions on commercial pasture-based dairy cows…
de Jong, E., Creytens, L., De Vliegher, S., McCubbin, K.D., Baptiste, M., Leung, A.A., Speksnijder, D., Dufour, S., Middleton, J.R., Ruegg, P.L., Lam, T.J.G.M., Kelton, D.F., McDougall, S., Godden, S.M., Lago, A., Rajala-Schultz, P.J., Orsel, K., Krömker, V., Kastelic, J.P. and Barkema, H.W. | Journal of Dairy Science | December 2022
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine if selective treatment of clinical mastitis (CM) on dairy farms resulted in similar health outcomes…
N.S. Prosser, M.J. Green, E. Ferguson, M.J. Tildesley, E.M. Hill, M.J. Keeling and J. Kaler | Journal of Dairy Science | April 2022
The aim of this survey study was to investigate the psychosocial profiles of UK cattle farmers and to evaluate how individual profiles and factors from the COM-B framework of behaviour change are associated with the farmer’s control strategies for bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)…
C. Watson, M. Barden, B.E. Griffiths, A. Anagnostopoulos, H. M. Higgins, C. Bedford, S. Carter, A. Psifidi, G. Banos and G. Oikonomou | Vet Record | February 2022
The main aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the association between clinical mastitis (CM) in the first 30 days in milk (DIM) and presence of sole ulcers (SU) in dairy cows in early lactation…
J.M. Swinkels, K.A. Leach, J.E. Breen, B. Payne, V. White, M.J. Green and A.J. Bradley | Journal of Dairy Science | August 2021
The objective of this randomised controlled field study was to compare antibiotic use and dry period outcomes of selective cow level treatment (SCLT) and selective quarter level treatment (SQLT) in dairy herds in the United Kingdom, using the California Mastitis Test (CMT) to determine infection status at the quarter level at drying off (DO)…
A. Schmenger, S. Leimbach, N. Wente, Y. Zhang, A.M. Biggs and V. Kroemker | Veterinary Record | November 2020
The aim of this non-blinded, non-randomised study was to investigate the implementation of a more evidence-based targeted mastitis control therapy using a novel rapid tube test system, under field conditions…
J. Remnant, M.J. Green, J. Huxley, J. Hirst-Beecham, R. Jones, G. Roberts and C.D. Hudson | Veterinary Record | October 2019
The aim of this observational study was to explore and quantify the impact of lameness and mastitis on return-to-service oestrus detection at individual cow level and to explore the impact of different ‘expected’ interval on any associations…
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