Abstract

A study was conducted to identify and classify the common hoof affections causing lameness in cattle reared under intensive or semi intensive system. Out of the 500 dairy cows examined, 150 cows with mild to severe lameness, wounds and hair loss at pressure points of limbs and animals with excessively overgrown hooves formed subjects of the study. The most common hoof affections observed were overgrown hoof, heel horn erosion, double sole, white line disease interdigital hyperplasia, sole haemorrhage and sole ulcer followed by interdigital phlegmon, digital dermatitis, horizontal horn fissure, corkscrew claw, interdigital dermatitis, thin sole, bulb ulcer, axial horn fissure, vertical horn fissure, foreign body penetrations in to sole, maggot wound, toe fracture, sole abscess, toe ulcer, toe necrosis, coronary abscess and white line abscess.

Keywords : Hoof affections, Hoof lesions, Dairy cattle