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Area of Science:

  • Animal Science
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Animal Welfare

Background:

  • Lameness is a critical welfare and production concern in dairy cattle.
  • Recent industry events in 2013 increased focus on mobility issues in finished cattle.
  • The need for standardized mobility assessment in finished cattle at packing facilities is evident.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and introduce a scoring system for evaluating cattle mobility at packing plants.
  • To provide the cattle industry with a tool for benchmarking and enhancing finished cattle welfare.

Main Methods:

  • Facilitation of a scoring system creation by the North American Meat Institute Animal Welfare Committee.
  • Development of a tool to capture and measure mobility issues in finished cattle.

Main Results:

  • A practical scoring system for assessing cattle mobility at packing plants has been established.
  • The system offers a method to benchmark and improve the welfare of finished cattle.

Conclusions:

  • The developed scoring system addresses the need for objective mobility assessment in finished cattle.
  • This tool is expected to contribute to improved animal welfare standards within the cattle industry.