By Bargai, U. and Levin, D., Israel-Journal-of-Veterinary-Medicine, 1993
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The medical records of the "Hahaklait", the veterinary medical organization operated by a mutual insurance association, serving about 95% of the dairy cattle population in Israel, were analyzed for the incidence, types and the distribution of lameness in dairy cattle in Israel. It was found that in 1990 the incidence was 2.75% on a national basis. The cases of lameness were composed of 37.2% paronychia, 25% hoof lameness, 13.8% arthritis and 24% of undiagnosed lameness. On a herd basis, in the cooperative herds - 66.4% of the herds had less than 1% lameness, whereas in the family-owned herds only 47% of the herds were below 1%. In every part of the country there were all levels of incidence, but nearly all herds in the arid areas (central Negev and Arava) had less than 1% lameness. The cost of the lameness to the Israeli dairy industry in 1990 by loss of milk only, was estimated to be NIS 5,612,000, which is the equivalent of 2,300,000 in 1990 prices
The medical records of the "Hahaklait", the veterinary medical organization operated by a mutual insurance association, serving about 95% of the dairy cattle population in Israel, were analyzed for the incidence, types and the distribution of lameness in dairy cattle in Israel. It was found that in 1990 the incidence was 2.75% on a national basis. The cases of lameness were composed of 37.2% paronychia, 25% hoof lameness, 13.8% arthritis and 24% of undiagnosed lameness. On a herd basis, in the cooperative herds - 66.4% of the herds had less than 1% lameness, whereas in the family-owned herds only 47% of the herds were below 1%. In every part of the country there were all levels of incidence, but nearly all herds in the arid areas (central Negev and Arava) had less than 1% lameness. The cost of the lameness to the Israeli dairy industry in 1990 by loss of milk only, was estimated to be NIS 5,612,000, which is the equivalent of 2,300,000 in 1990 prices
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