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Revista de Salud Animal

Print version ISSN 0253-570XOn-line version ISSN 2224-4700

Abstract

LABRADA VELAZQUEZ, Adela; MIRANDA CABRERA, Ileana; ROSETE MILLAR, Armando  and  GONZALEZ DIAZ, Alexei. Risk factors associated with the prevalence of foot pathologies in Siboney de Cuba cows. Rev Salud Anim. [online]. 2020, vol.42, n.3, e07.  Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 0253-570X.

In Cuba, there is little information on the foot pathologies affecting cattle, and these constitute a problem of animal welfare under production conditions. In the present study, 384 dairy Siboney de Cuba cows were examined, which represented 100 % of milking cows from six dairy farms in Artemisa province. The prevalence of lesions was calculated and the logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the risk factors associated with these pathologies. Fifty-six cows were detected with foot lesions (14.58 %), of which 53.57 % presented first degree of lameness. The most affected members were the hind legs (66.26 %) and, of these, the side hooves with the highest number of lesions. The main pathologies diagnosed were: pathological deformations of the hoofs, ulceration of the sole and white line disease. It is concluded that poor drainage and sleeves in poor condition were the main risk factors for the presentation of foot lesions in the cows studied.

Keywords : foot lesions; lameness; cattle; animal welfare; prevention.

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