Bovine lameness represents a major health problem for the dairy industry. High lameness accounts for tremendous economic loss. Traditionally, studies which placed a monetary value on the effect of lameness have calculated the costs at the herd level by using conventional method which is a basically a complex and time consuming. In today's era of smart phones, tablet PCs and notebooks where a spreadsheet program in the form of Excel [1] is readily accessible by most veterinarians, it should be possible to adapt the various laborious steps involved in the said method to a spreadsheet program. The objective of this study was to calculate the cost of lameness at the herd level. This model would provide a more informed decision making process in lameness management for maximal economic profitability. We made modifications to an existing conventional method and simulated the conventional model, by studying the effects of various factors i.e. incidence of lameness, milk loss and treatment cost.
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