Kinematic changes in dairy cows with induced, unilateral forelimb lameness during straight line walk

Sammanfattning

Early detection of lameness in dairy herds is essential to enable timely treatment of affected animals, thereby avoiding unnecessary costs and animal suffering. Since claw diseases most commonly affect the hind claws, specific kinematic changes in cows with forelimb lameness have not been investigated. However, in-depth knowledge on movement pattern alterations occurring during lameness of varying sources is essential to develop efficient lameness detection tools. In this study, 27 gait analysis trials consisting of > 2 000 strides were collected from 12 clinically sound dairy cows. The cows were equipped with nine body-mounted inertial measurement units (IMUs) and contributed with one baseline trial and one or two lameness trials each. A lameness induction method causing increased claw pressure was used to introduce mild, reversible, unilateral forelimb lameness. From the IMU data, 31 limb-and upper body movement parameters, mainly focusing on motion symmetry, were computed for each stride. Baseline and lameness data were compared in linear mixed models, where between-cow variability was accounted for. Twenty-two movement parameters differed between the two conditions (P

Nyckelord

Biomechanics; Bovine; Gait analysis; Inertial measurement unit; Movement asymmetry

Publicerad i

Animal
2025, volym: 19, nummer: 5, artikelnummer: 101482
Utgivare: ELSEVIER

SLU författare

• Leclercq, Anna

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ask, Katrina

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Mellbin, Ylva

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Byström, Anna

  • Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Söderlind, Maja

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Telezhenko, Evgenij

  • Institutionen för biosystem och teknologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Bergsten, Christer

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Haubro Andersen, Pia

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Rhodin, Marie

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Hernlund, Elin

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Medicinsk biovetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101482

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