16th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals : : book of abstracts : Wageningen, the Netherlands 20-23 June 2016.

• Author: International Conference on Production Disease in Farm Animals Wageningen, the Netherlands)
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen, Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Welcome; General Information; Programme at a glance; Table of contents; Abstracts; Session 01. Locomotion disorders ; Theatre Session 01; Early lameness detection, cow comfort and infectious lesion control: lessons from the UK; N. Bell; Gait cycle in dairy cows and its application to detect lameness; M. Alsaaod1, T. Hausegger2, R. Kredel2 and A. Steiner1; Use of extended locomotor behavior characteristics for automated identification of lame dairy cows; G. Beer1, M. Alsaaod1, A. Starke2, G. Regula-Schüpbach3, H. Müller2, P. Kohler1 and A. Steiner1

Use of routine collected herd data to estimate claw health in dairy herdsH. Brouwer1, T. Dijkstra1, H. Worm1, Y. Van Der Vorst2 and G. Van Schaik1; Digital dermatitis in dairy cattle: infectivity of the different stages; F. Biemans1,2, P. Bijma1 and M.C.M. De Jong2; Prevalence, risk factors and bacterial species associated with non-healing white line disorders; E. Van Engelen, M. Gonggrijp, M. Holzhauer, A. Ten Wolthuis and A. Velthuis; Perceptions about the causes, treatment and prevention of lameness in a pasture-based dairy industry; J. Marchewka1,2, J.F. Mee2 and L.A. Boyle2

The effect of rubber-covered floors on gait and claw lesions in group-housed gestating sowsE.-J. Bos1,2, D. Maes1, M. Van Riet1,2, S. Millet1,2, B. Ampe2, G. Janssens1 and F. Tuyttens1,2; Physical exercise of dairy cows: effects of training on activity, lying behaviour and heart rate; W. Ouweltjes, G.P. Binnendijk and R.M.A. Goselink; Physical exercise of dairy cows: effects of training on energy balance; R.M.A. Goselink, G.P. Binnendijk and W. Ouweltjes; Poster Session 01; Case report: leg lameness in gilts; E. De Jong1 and P. Bonny2

Effect of hydroxy-copper and -zinc and L-selenomethionine on claw health of sowsA.B.J. Van Dalen and I. Eising; Mycoplasma arthritis outbreaks in dairy herds; M. Holzhauer, R. Dijkman, E. Van Engelen, M.A. Gonggrijp and K. Junker; Quantification of extended characteristics of locomotor behavior in dairy cows; M. Alsaaod1, J. Niederhauser2, G. Schüpbach-Regula3, G. Beer1 and A. Steiner1; Effectiveness of copper sulfate solutions in footbaths; A. Prastiwi, Z. Okumus, A. Hayirli, D. Celebi, L. Yanmaz, E. Dogan and U. Ersoz; Session 02. Production diseases in poultry; Theatre Session 02

The quality of light and its intensity in housing of poultry: potential effects on behaviorR. Korbel; New approaches in housing and management to improve foot pad health in fattening poultry ; I.C. De Jong and J. Van Harn; Feather pecking and cannibalism in 107 organic laying hen flocks in 8 European countries; M. Bestman1, C. Verwer1, F. Smajlhodzic2, J.L.T. Heerkens3, L.K. Hinrichsen4, C. Brenninkmeyer5, V. Ferrante6, A. Willet7 and S. Gunnarsson8; Radiographic examination of deformities and fractures of keel bones in laying hens; B.K. Eusemann1, U. Baulain2, L. Schrader1 and S. Petow1

Nutritional dietary tools to reduce the incidence of fatty liver syndrome in laying hens