Article Library & Resources

FLOORING

• Design concrete floors for dairy facilities to reduce lameness incidences
• Practical footbath designs for any farm

HEIFER CARE

• Pen settling: The simple secret to increasing intakes and reducing stress
• Consider heifer housing to reduce the risk of corkscrew claws
• An ugly heifer hoof issue has emerged

FOOTBATHS

• Footbaths improve dairy cow hoof health
• Focus on footbaths to reduce fetching
• The risk of chronic hairy heel wart reservoirs and how to prevent them

HOOF TRIMMING

• Hoof Trimming: Not about Perfection
• 5 Steps to setting up a successful timed hoof-trimming program
• Avoid hoof trimming in these sensitive groups
• Designing and Evaluating a Hoof Trimming Program
• Foot Trimming practice must change
• The correlation between hoof trimming and milk production

LAMENESS

• Breaking the "become lame and stay lame" mentality
• Are you a vulture about lameness?
• Recover more of your lame cows; Here's how
• Three D's to tackling lameness on the dairy

MANAGEMENT

• Summer tips to prevent winter hoof health issues
• Take a team approach to improve lameness management
• Keep the facts straight: Simple hoof health data for effective management decisions
• How do I prepare for a FARM evaluation?