Nigel B Cook
Nigel B Cook
This article summarizes current footbath practices, questions the mechanism by which footbaths function, and reviews the available scientific literature testing footbaths in the field. Copper sulfate appears the most efficacious agent to in...
Helen Rebecca Whay,J K Shearer
Helen Rebecca Whay
The five freedoms offer a framework for discussion of lameness and its impact on the welfare of cows. Altered feeding behavior is a cause of reduced body condition, smaller digital cushion, and lameness. Providing a comfortable environment ...
The Relationship of Cow Comfort and Flooring to Lameness Disorders in Dairy Cattle [0.03%]
奶牛舒适度和地板与乳牛跛行的关系
Marcia I Endres
Marcia I Endres
Cow comfort and flooring contribute to lameness incidence in dairy herds. The trigger factors for lameness can all be exacerbated by poor cow comfort. Reduced cow comfort influences lameness incidence by increasing the risk for development ...
Diagnostics and Ancillary Tests of Neurologic Dysfunction in the Ruminant [0.03%]
反刍动物神经功能障碍的诊断及辅助检查
Dusty W Nagy
Dusty W Nagy
A variety of diagnostic tests can be used to help further characterize and diagnose neurologic disease in ruminant species. Cerebrospinal fluid is easily collected, and analysis can help in defining the broad category of disease. Diagnostic...
Philippa Gibbons
Philippa Gibbons
Cerebellar disease can be congenital or acquired. Clinical signs of cerebellar disease include hypermetric gait in all limbs, normal to increased muscle tone, wide-based stance, swaying, intention tremor, and convulsions. Vestibular signs m...
Gene A Niles
Gene A Niles
This article discusses the etiology, mechanism of action, clinical signs, and diagnostic tests used to identify toxic agents that affect the nervous system of ruminants. The article is not intended to be an exhaustive review of each agent, ...
Amanda K Hartnack
Amanda K Hartnack
In food animals, spinal cord damage is most commonly associated with infection or trauma. Antemortem diagnosis is based on clinical signs, history, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and imaging. As clinical signs are often severe, and prognosis...
Gilles Fecteau,Joane Parent,Lisle W George
Gilles Fecteau
In this article, the neurologic examination of ruminants is reviewed. The proposed approach is simple, although thorough and methodical. The bovine veterinary practitioner should be able to efficiently assess the nervous system to rule out ...
John R Middleton
John R Middleton
Although clinical impression suggests that cerebral disorders of adult ruminants are not very common, an understanding of the common differential diagnoses is important to maintaining animal and human health. The most common causes of cereb...
Mélanie J Boileau,John Gilliam
Mélanie J Boileau
Asymmetrical signs of brainstem disease occur relatively infrequently in ruminants. The most common differential diagnoses include listeriosis, otitis media/interna, and pituitary abscess syndrome. Although these conditions produce signs of...