The impact of parity and duration of biotin supplementation on white line disease lameness in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2577-2582

  Potzsch C J ^a   Collis, V J ^b   Blowey, R W ^c   Packington, A J ^d   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c WOOD VETERINARY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^d ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotin supplementation; Parity; Survival analysis; White line disease lameness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

BIOTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARITY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PARITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142858224     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73852-1     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Abel H. J., I. Immig, C. da Costa Gomez, and W. Steinberg. 2001. Effect of increasing dietary concentrate levels on microbial biotin metabolism in the artificial rumen simulation system (RUSI-TEC). Arch. Anim. Nutr. 55:371-376.
2. Barkema, H. W., J. D. Westrik, K. A. S. van Keulen, Y. H. Schukken, and A. Brand. 1994. The effects of lameness on reproductive performance, milk production and culling in Dutch Dairy Farms. Prev. Vet. Med. 20:249-259.
3. Clarkson, M. J., D. Y. Downham., W. B. Faull, J. W. Hughes, F. J. Manson, J. B. Merritt, R. D. Murray, W. B. Russell, J. E. Sutherst, and W. R Ward. 1996. Incidence and prevalence of lameness in dairy cattle. Vet. Rec. 138:563-567.
4. Collett D. 1994. Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research. Chapman & Hall/CRC, London.
5. Davidson, T. M., and R. Elliot. 1993. Response of lactating cows to grain based concentrate in Northern Australia. Trop. Grassl. Res. 27:229-237.
6. Distl, O., and D. Schmid. 1994. The influence of biotin supplementation on the conformation, hardness and health of claws of dairy cows. Tierärztliche Umschau. 49:581-584.
7. Distl, O. 1995. Genetic improvement of traits of feet and leg as well as claw soundness in cattle. Züchtungskunde 67:438-448.
8. FAWC. 1997. Report on the welfare of dairy cattle. Farm Animal Welfare Council. Home Office publications, London.
9. Fitzgerald, T., B. W. Norton, R. Elliot, H. Podlich, and O. L. Svendsen. 2000. The influence of long-term supplementation with biotin on the prevention of lameness in pasture fed dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 83:338-344.
10. Green L. E., V. J. Hedges, Y. H. Schukken, R. W. Blowey, and A. J. Packington. 2002. The impact of clinical lameness on the milk yield of dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 85:2250-2256.
11. Hedges, V. 2001. Epidemiological and biomechanical studies into the role of biotin supplementation on lameness in dairy cows. Dissertation, University of Bristol, UK.
12. Hedges, V., R. W. Blowey, A. J. Packington, C. J. O'Callaghan, and L. E. Green. 2001. A longitudinal field trial of the effect of biotin supplementation on lameness in dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 84:1969-1975.
13. Hedges, V. J., L. E. Green, R. W. Blowey, A. J. Packington, and R. Bonser. 2002. Tensile strength testing of the white line in the claw of dairy cows supplemented with biotin. Pages 167-170 in XII International Symposium on Lameness in ruminants. Orlando, FL.
14. Hirst, W. M., N. P. French, R. D. Murray, and W. R. Ward. 2002. A mixed-effects time-to-event analysis of the relationship between first-lactation lameness and subsequent lameness in dairy cows in the UK. Prev. Vet. Med. 54:191-201.
15. Hoblet, K., W. Weiss, D. Anderson, and M. Moeschberger. 2002. Effect of oral biotin supplementation on hoof health in Holstein heifers during gestation and early lactation. Pages 253-255 in XII International Symposium on Lameness in Ruminants. Orlando, FL.
16. Kossaibati, M. A., and R. J. Esslemont. 1995. Wastage in dairy herds. DAISY Report No. 4. The University of Reading, UK. Kossaibati, M. A., and R. J. Esslemont. 2000. The incidence of lameness in 50 dairy herds in England. Pages 160-162 in XI International Symposium on Disorders of the Ruminant Digit. Parma, Italy.
17. Kossaibati, M. A., and R. J. Esslemont. 1995. Wastage in dairy herds. DAISY Report No. 4. The University of Reading, UK. Kossaibati, M. A., and R. J. Esslemont. 2000. The incidence of lameness in 50 dairy herds in England. Pages 160-162 in XI International Symposium on Disorders of the Ruminant Digit. Parma, Italy.
18. Leach, K. A., D. N. Logue, S. A. Kempson, J. E. Offer, H. E. Ternent, and J. M. Randall. 1997. Claw lesions in dairy cattle: Development of sole and white line hemorrhages during the first lactation. Vet. J. 154:215-225.
19. Lischer, C. J., and P. Ossent. 2000. Sole ulcers in dairy cattle-what's new about an old disease? Pages 46-48 in XI International Symposium on Disorders of the Ruminant Digit. Parma, Italy.
20. Midla, L. T., K. H. Hoblet, W. P. Weiss, and M. L. Moeschberger. 1998. Supplemental dietary biotin for prevention of lesions associated with aseptic subclinical laminitis (pododermatitis aseptica diffusa) in primiparous cows. Am. J. Vet. Res. 59(Suppl. 6):733-738.
21. Mulling, C. K. W., H. H. Braguella, S. Reese, K. D. Budras, and W. Steinberg. 1999. How structures in bovine hoof epidermis are influenced by nutritional factors. Anat. Histol. Embryol. 28:103-108.
22. Schmid, M., and T. H. Geyer 1994. Effect of biotin on the quality of the claw horn in dairy cows. Pages 15-19 in 20th Congress Euro. Assoc. Vet. Anatomists, Zürich.
23. Warnick, L. D., D. Janssen, C. L. Guard, Y. T. Grohn. 2001. The effect of lameness on milk production in dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 84:498-506.
24. Wells, S. J., A. M. Trent, and W. E. Marsh. 1993. Prevalence and severity of lameness in lactating dairy cows in a sample of Minnesota and Wisconsin herds. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 202:78-82.
25. Zimmerly, C. A., and W. P. Weiss. 2001. Effects of supplemental dietary biotin on performance of Holstein cows during early lactation. J. Dairy Sci. 84:498-506.