Dairy Tech Lameness Village
Come and find out how you can prevent lameness on farm, with practical advice and demonstrations – a perfect opportunity for you to ask questions.
Lameness is one of the dairy industry’s main priorities as part of the Government’s Animal Health and Welfare Pathway (AHWP). This year we have a dedicated Lameness Village, supported by VetPartners, in Hall 2a.
This dedicated area will help farmers get to grips with managing lameness in their herd with expert support, advice and tools available. Visitors can see some cows’ feet showing common and more unusual causes of lameness.
There will be a demonstration of how to manage these cases and a chance to discuss the practical ways to prevent them from occurring.
Demonstration times are: 10.30, 12.30, 14.30.
Who will be on the stand?
- Will Gratwick – Farm Vet, LLM Farm Vets
- Natalie Parker – Lead VetTech, LLM Farm Vets
- Chris Smith – Foot Trimmer, LLM Farm Vets
At 12.00 and 14.00, farmers can also hear how a new and free app from Hoof Count can help highlight the cost of lameness in their herds.
Regular foot trimming is essential in preventing and treating lameness. Routine preventive trimming is a quick, safe, low-stress procedure when a trained person uses a well-maintained and purpose[1]designed crush. Come and see how trimming can be used most effectively to reduce the risk of lameness and help to improve herd productivity. There will also be training on offer to farmers in the Lameness Village, as well as all the latest equipment, tools and technology that can help producers improve herd mobility.
Lameness is an important focus as it is one of the primary health priorities for AHWP, which forms part of the Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI) scheme. The initiative will fund the cattle sectors to take national herd health to the next level. The government is supporting improvement in these areas by delivering four programmes of funding. These include:
- Animal Health and Welfare Review: Launched last autumn, to fund vet consultations of up to three hours to discuss animal health and welfare issues on farm. Farmers are paid £372, which could include diagnostic testing or advice on using medicines, for example.
- Animal Health and Welfare Grants: From this year, funding will be available to cover equipment, technology, and infrastructure costs that promote health and welfare priorities.
- Disease eradication and control programmes: Starting this year, funding will be available to support diagnostic testing and vaccination programmes.
- Payment by results: This programme will be introduced by 2025. The focus is on supporting farmers who want to improve the lameness of their cattle further. Funding will be provided to those who show markedly improved health and welfare in their herds.
Thank you to our ‘Lameness Village’ supporters
AHDB B118
Aquapulse E4
BDC Agri B153
CattleEye I29
Cowcare Systems P80
DP Agri P53
EKO Hoofcare P60
Embryonics P44
Giltspur Scientific P13
Healthy Hooves P23
Herd Vision I27
Hoofcount B131
Hooftrimming Ltd P74
Intershape B54
NACFT P76
Pruex P77
Ves-Artex I20
Vet Partners I14
Virus Shield B210
WOPA UK P43