Prevention of lameness is really our first line of treatment!

One of the key areas to prevent lameness ( white line disease ) is to ensure everyone knows how to use a backing gate correctly.

Diagnostic skills are critical for treatment and welfare. The following are the key lameness issues.

Bruising is common in heifers particularly at calving time.

Footrot is also common in wet weather.

White line is the most common lameness we see in pasture based dairy farming.