Monday 25 January 2016

Lameness in cattle

Hey.
This is something about posture of cattle suffering from lameness.
the normal posture of the hind leg is that the hock joint must be directly in line with the tuber ischii of the os coxae.
now some of the problematic conditions include:
Cow Hock:
toes of the animal in this condition are outwards and the hock inward

Pigeon Toed:
in this condition toes are inwards and the hock is outwards

Camping Forward:
if the animal is having a problem or pain in the toe the animal will bear its weight on the heel of that leg and lift the toe

Camping Backward:
if the animal is feeling pain in the heel then it will touch its toe with the ground and will not bear weight on the heel of that limb.

Clinical laminitis:
these cases are mostly seen in dairy cows which have to stand for longer periods of time for milking and feeding. these animals mostly have this condition on all of the 4 limbs. the animal will stand in a posture that it will take back its fore legs and rear legs somewhat forward.

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