SD_Healthy Hooves_FNQ 5th Feb 25

You're invited to join us for a hands-on, interactive session around managinglameness in your dairy herd on the 5th Feb 2024.

Dr Bill Tranter, from Tableland Veterinary Services will facilitate a hands-on, practical session focusing on 'healthy hooves' and treating lameness in our dairy herds.

Why 'healthy hooves' is an important topic:

• Lame cows take time, energy and skill to treat properly.
• Lame cows represent a financial cost to your farm business and, therefore, impact on profitability.
• Lame cows produce less milk, lose weight, and take longer to cycle.
• Reducing the number of lame cows in your herd requires a long-term, planned approach that is supported by the whole farm team.

This on-farm session will focus on the key skills required to maintain healthy hooves in dairy herds. Bill will discuss the options for treating lameness, and the equipment required to tether cows for hoof examinations and demonstrate how to do so safely.Participants will have the opportunity to use the tools that are required to trim and repair hooves to optimise hoof health in their herds.

This session will follow-on from the online theory discussion presented by Dr Justin Schooth. To view a recording of the discussion that covers the theoretical aspects of hoof health click here.

There are also other resources available to assist dairy farmers in maintaining healthy hooves at the Dairy Australia website, click here.The complete guide to preventing and treating lameness