Management has a huge influcence on hoof health. Every change in management will have an impact on hoof health. Hoof trimming is a management decision, how often do cows need to be trimmed per year. Reducing or preventing lameness is possible by making the right choices.

Contents of the course

Theory on hoof care diseases (in total 1 day)

• Cause of diseases
• Diagnose of diseases (symptoms)
• Prevention of diseases
• Treatment of diseases
• Management aspects of influence on diseases
• Tool maintenance (knife sharpening), hand tools and bench grinder
• Blocking of feet to improve curing of lesions
• Bandaging severe lesions
• Use of angle grinder

Practical training (in total 4 days)

• Trimming cows on different types of farms
• Trimming with hoof knives and hoof cutters
• Maintenance (preventative) trimming
• Curative trimming
• Demo angle grinder or if possible working with the angle grinder (depending on experience of the hoof trimmers)

What do we do

Management aspect of most influence on hoof health are: nutrition (producing healthy horn), housing/cow comfort, hygiene (type of flooring), breeding, calving, young stock rearing and regular hoof trimming. Hoof care is done by daily management with or without awareness of the farmer/manager.

Quotes of participants

• “Great course, I’ve learned a lot and gained conficence.”
• “Marvelous course, learned a lot more than I expected.”

Dairy Training Centre

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Dairy Training Centre (office)

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