By Chamberlain, A. T. and David, G. P., Dairy cow nutrition; the veterinary angles, 1989
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The epidemiology of many lameness causing lesions such as sole ulcer and white line disease is multifactorial involving husbandry, management, genetics, infectious agents and nutrition. A great deal of attention has been paid in recent years to the possible central role played by aseptic laminitis caused by nutritional factors. Such factors as forage to concentrate DM ratio, rate and frequency of concentrate feeding, dietary protein levels, silage pH and silage ammonia content have been implicated. This paper reviews the literature relating these factors to lameness. It is concluded that nutritional causes are not the major factors in most herds which suffer a lameness problem
The epidemiology of many lameness causing lesions such as sole ulcer and white line disease is multifactorial involving husbandry, management, genetics, infectious agents and nutrition. A great deal of attention has been paid in recent years to the possible central role played by aseptic laminitis caused by nutritional factors. Such factors as forage to concentrate DM ratio, rate and frequency of concentrate feeding, dietary protein levels, silage pH and silage ammonia content have been implicated. This paper reviews the literature relating these factors to lameness. It is concluded that nutritional causes are not the major factors in most herds which suffer a lameness problem
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