Free Webcast: Lameness

Lameness is the single biggest animal-welfare problem facing the dairy industry today. The incidence rate is 25 to 30 percent, which is unacceptably high. On some dairies, poorly designed facilities, understaffing and poor management contribute to the problem. Learn more about the magnitude of the problem and what dairies can do to mimimize lameness, ensure animal welfare and add to their profits.

You'll learn about:
• Magnitude of the problem
• What dairies can do to minimize lameness
• Ensure animal welfare
• Add to your profits
• Mixing volume-run and short-run worklines

Who should attend:
• Dairy producers
• Dairy veterinarians
• Dairy nutritionists
• Dairy managers

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Temple Grandin Dr. Temple Grandin is an American doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University, bestselling author and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is the inventor of the squeeze machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons. Grandin is listed in the 2010 Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in the category "Heroes."
Dr. Gerard Cramer Dr. Gerard Cramer is a great resource when it comes to the practical management aspects of minimizing lameness. He presented an excellent paper on this at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar last March. That seminar has become one of the blockbuster meetings, with top U.S. and Canadian experts as speakers.
Dr. Jeff DeFrain Dr. Jeff Defrain collected lesion data as part of an on-going assessment from 17 large-scale dairies in the U.S. over an 18-month period. He has presented the data in various technical/industry meetings and will provide highlights/insights into the importance of data collection as it relates to proper lameness identification and mitigation.
Moderator:
Tom Quaife Editor/Associate Publisher, Dairy Herd Management